girl's name

Liisa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 435

Liisa is a girl's name. In 1995 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1962, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1949.

Liisa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1940s to 1990s. The striped bar is the 1990s, still in progress — it covers 1990 to 1995, not a full ten years.

173
'40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90
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Births named Liisa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1940s 5
1950s 69
1960s 173
1970s 114
1980s 61
1990s (to 1995) 5

How popular is Liisa?

In 1995, Liisa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Liisa is used

Canada #1,810 8 in 1991
United States #14,188 5 in 1995

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Liisa

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Liisa also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Liisa over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Liisa

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Liisa — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Liisa

How popular is the name Liisa?

In 1995, Liisa was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Liisa a girl's or a boy's name?

Liisa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Liisa most popular?

Liisa peaked in 1962, when 28 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.