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How popular is the name Lisa?
Births per year, rank history and how many Lisas are alive today.
Lisa (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 661st in 2025 with 57 given the name. The name peaked in 1974, when around 8,200 babies were given the name, the 5th most popular that year. It has declined since 1974; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 130,000 babies have been named Lisa in England and Wales since 1964. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Lisa you are most likely to meet is around 52 years old. Half of all Lisas born in England and Wales are between 44 and 54, and there are at least 130,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 34% chance that at least one of them will be called Lisa.
How many babies are named Lisa each year?
Where does Lisa rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Lisa most popular?
Lisa peaked in 1974, when around 8,200 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Lisa?
At least 130,000 people named Lisa born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Lisa?
Most living Lisas are between 44 and 54; the most common age is about 52.
Is Lisa becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.