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Liz

“Variant of Elizabeth — My God is an oath; my God is abundance” — Hebrew origin

Girl's name · #1258 in the US (2025) · Retro

Liz has appeared in US records since 1930 — best rank #374 (1961) · 10,223 babies named Liz all-time · 1 in 9,100 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,500 girls in Belgium (2025) · about 1 in 1,800 girls in Ireland (2025) · about 1 in 4,200 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 10 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Lizes

• Liz Truss — Prime Minister of the United Kingdom in 2022
• Liz Cheney — United States Representative from Wyoming from 2017 to 2023
• Liz Sheridan — American actress (1929–2022)
• Liz Smith — British actress (1921–2016)
• Liz Phair — American musician

In stories & tradition

• Liz Allan — Amazing Fantasy · The Amazing Spider-Man
• Liz Sherman — Hellboy · Hellboy: Blood and Iron
• Liz Shaw — Doctor Who

What Lizes become

Among 815 notable people named Liz:

Entertainers appear 1.56× more often than among typical names — e.g. Liz Sheridan, American actress (1929–2022).

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