Lisa

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: German

Meaning

Lisa is a feminine given name. In the United Kingdom, the name Lisa began to gain popularity during the 1960s, by 1974 it was the fifth most popular female name there, and a decade later it was the 14th most popular female name there.

From Wikipedia

Lisa first appears in the data in 1959 and has been recorded in 43 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1968 with 1,420 babies (rank #3 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Lisa

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lisa yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

25,443
Total babies (all years)
43
Years in the data
1,420
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1959134#64
1960256#54
1961395#39
1962507#25
1963714#17
1964739#12
1965853#9
1966891#7
19671,133#3
19681,420#3
19691,279#3
19701,225#3
19711,195#4
19721,070#5
1973933#6
1974887#7
1975838#7
1976726#8
1977733#9
1978842#6
1979805#8
1980797#7
1981797#7
1982684#10
1983734#9
1984745#9
1985635#10
1986521#14
1987482#18
1988441#21
1989396#22
1990352#30
1991319#32
1992299#37
1993198#62
1994179#72
1995105#93
199694#91
199780#100
20142#761
20152#734
20164#367
20172#743