The name Lisa is of English origin, and means pledged to God.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lisa has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Lisa
Use of the Name Lisa for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
958,341
940,161
134,226
12,411
4,306
1,497
692
The table below indicates the number of times the name Lisa has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Lisa first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1937, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Lisa
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1937
957
53
1938
789
80
1939
777
78
1940
727
92
1941
727
95
1942
670
126
1943
587
165
1944
525
193
1945
453
249
1946
427
327
1947
386
421
1948
364
466
1949
318
598
1950
220
1,176
1951
177
1,700
1952
127
2,846
1953
110
3,609
1954
73
5,906
1955
48
8,536
1956
31
11,019
1957
25
15,129
1958
19
20,202
1959
10
25,690
1960
6
33,708
822
86
1961
2
42,663
850
82
1962
1
46,091
748
105
1963
1
56,013
709
121
1964
1
54,259
675
131
1965
1
60,233
577
176
1966
1
56,888
604
151
1967
1
52,401
684
119
1968
1
49,518
578
171
1969
1
45,035
647
149
1970
2
38,933
711
137
1971
3
32,890
725
130
1972
3
27,537
830
94
1973
5
22,652
998
66
1974
8
19,769
948
74
1975
8
18,127
992
69
1976
9
17,346
1977
12
17,007
1978
11
17,011
1979
13
17,278
1980
16
15,649
1981
18
14,284
1982
23
12,622
1983
27
11,466
1984
29
10,227
1985
36
9,002
1986
40
7,895
1987
40
7,539
1988
43
7,257
1989
55
6,576
1990
64
5,342
1991
83
4,396
1992
88
3,779
1993
100
3,220
1994
123
2,561
1995
144
2,234
1996
168
1,862
1997
194
1,546
1998
230
1,356
1999
283
1,107
2000
295
1,084
2001
339
904
2002
362
821
2003
375
805
2004
431
692
Totals:
958,341
1,861
During the last 125 years, parents have used Lisa as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Lisa appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 68 times during the last 125 years.