Quick answers about Lise
How many people are named Lise?
An estimated 2,065 living Americans are named Lise.
How rare is Lise?
Lise fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Lise?
The median age of a living American named Lise is approximately 63 years, with most bearers falling between 56 and 68 years old.
Is Lise still popular?
Not especially. Lise has been declining since its 1959 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Lise most common?
Lise has its strongest geographic signal in New York, where it appears 1.6× more often than the national baseline.
1922Peak 19592025
Where it lives now
Lise is most concentrated in New York — about 1.6× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Lise is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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