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Girl

Liza

As a girl's name, Liza is understood to mean "God is my oath". It is not as common as it was in the 1970s, though it has not disappeared. Today, it is on the rarer side without being unusual in the registry. Few names stick around this long: it shows up across almost the entire twelve-decade span this registry covers.

EtymologyShort for Elizabeth
EtymologyMeaning "God is my oath"
Births by decade
1900s
225
1910s
347
1920s
306
1930s
228
1940s
299
1950s
763
1960s
2,694
1970s
4,273
1980s
3,087
1990s
1,801
2000s
1,244
2010s
894
Peaked in the 1970s · 16,161 total U.S. births since 1900