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Girl's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: rare

LisaIn Hebrew: ליסה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Lisa (Hebrew: ליסה) is a girl's name of international origin. 981 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1962, with 39 babies.

People in Israel
981
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1962
39 babies
USA, 2025
256
rank #987

Writing and saying Lisa

In Hebrew letters the name is ליסה, read right to left. Lisa is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Lisa by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Lisa: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Lisa in English-speaking countries

Lisa in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States2025256#9871965 (60,271)
United Kingdom202561#6721997 (524)
England and Wales202557#6611996 (445)
Scotland20254#6321981 (844)
Ireland20258#4351984 (666)
Alberta20259#4921980 (290)
Quebec202512#4121980 (106)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Lisa has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Lisa

How do you write Lisa in Hebrew?

Lisa is written ליסה in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Lisa?

981 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ליסה: 981 women and 0 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Lisa a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named ליסה are women.

Is Lisa used outside Israel?

The name Lisa appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 256 girls were given it in 2025 (#987), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 61 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.