girl's name

Lizzy

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 1,611

Lizzy is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 40 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2024, when 51 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 82,884 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1892.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Lizzy over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'90 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Lizzy by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 5
1910s 10
1920s 20
1930s 12
1940s 22
1950s 20
1960s 29
1970s 55
1980s 12
1990s 41
2000s 173
2010s 290
2020s (to 2025) 272

How popular is Lizzy?

In 2025, Lizzy was given to 40 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Lizzy is used

Ireland #1,007 3 in 2020
France #1,739 20 in 2025
Canada #2,653 8 in 2024
United States #3,759 40 in 2025
England & Wales #7,358 3 in 2024

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 Lizzy

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

Parents who like Lizzy also like

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

Sibling names for Lizzy

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

Common questions about Lizzy

How popular is the name Lizzy?

In 2025, Lizzy was given to 40 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Lizzy is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Lizzy?

Lizzy has 2 syllables.

When was Lizzy most popular?

Lizzy peaked in 2024, when 51 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Lizzy a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Lizzy currently ranks #1,739 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.