Lisl

Girls' name

Variant of Liesl

Lisl has been given to 60 babies in the U.S. since 1966. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1967, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Lisl, 1990

1 in 790,000

Lisl over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lisl: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Liesl

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lisl means

Lisl is a variant of Liesl.

Origin, language, and formation

Lisl is used in German.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Liesl.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 60 girls were recorded with the name Lisl between 1966 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1967; its best national rank was #4,481 in 1967.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Lisl?

Lisl had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990: 1 in 790,000; 5 of 3,949,959 births
Among girls only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1990: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 547,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lisl sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1990 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 547,582 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lisl. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Lisls were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lisl was born before 1981 — so the typical Lisl is around 44 today.

Median birth year: 1981; About 44 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 48.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 60; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 48.3% of all recorded uses (29).

Is Lisl rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1967 (10)
Years since peak: 58; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,481; 1967

Spellings of Lisl

Lisl is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 42.6% against Lisl's <0.01%.

Lisa42.6%967,229
Lois14.6%332,950
Jill9.2%208,071
Lily8.3%189,644
Lila3.4%76,493
Elise3.3%75,186
Lilly2.9%66,728
Isla2.6%58,252

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Lisl by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,481; 1967
Peak year: 1967; 10 that year
First recorded: 1966
Last recorded: 1990
All-time count: 60
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Lisl

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Lissy Lisi Lisel Lismary Lis Lisanna Liss Lisle Lisia Lisvet Lish Lishia Leisl Lisania Lislie Lisbed Lisann Liseli Lismar Lisbel Liseth Liselle Lisaanne Lisha

Sibling names for Lisl

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Cami Missy Evette Tonja Rona Nichelle Aretha Brigette

For a brother

Thad Tracey Deron Kraig Kelley Tad Darron Theron

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