How popular is the name Liz?

Liz ranks 1,349th among girls' names in US records, with 10,662 births since 1930. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,264.

Is Liz a unisex name?

No. Liz is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1961, when 664 children were given the name. It has been in use for 95 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,349 of girl names

Pronounced L IH1 Z (ARPABET)

Liz is a girls' name, and first appears in 1930. It has been given to 10,662 children — the 1,349th most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1961, when 664 children were given it.

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Liz is itself a short form of Elizabeth.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Liz?: Liz ranks 1,349th among girls' names in US records, with 10,662 births since 1930. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,264.
Is Liz a unisex name?: No. Liz is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Liz most popular?: 1961, when 664 children were given the name. It has been in use for 95 years and is still recorded as of 2024.