Liz vs Lizzeth
American parents have registered 10,223 Lizes since 1880, against 565 Lizzeths. Liz is still ahead, with 178 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Liz Lizzeth
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Liz has been the commoner name in every year either was published, 1930 to 2025. The lead has never changed hands.
The closest they came was 1999, when Liz had 64 and Lizzeth had 27.
Side by side
| Liz | Lizzeth | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 10,223 | 565 |
| Most in one year | 664 | 29 |
| Babies in 2025 | 178 | under 5 |
| Estimated living today | 9,200 | 560 |
| Median age today | 55 | 23 |
| Peak year | 1961 | 2006 |
| Best rank | 374th girls | 4,811th girls |
| Rank in 2025 | 1,258th | unranked |
| First recorded | 1930 | 1978 |
| Girls / boys | 10,223 / 0 | 565 / 0 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Lizes alive today are over 55; half the Lizzeths are over 23. That is 32 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Liz Florida (2.5×), California (2.3×), New Mexico (2.1×)
- Lizzeth California (6.7×), Texas (3.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Liz and Lizzeth.