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Baby name
Lisa
Girl
Origin of the name
Lisa is a short form of Elizabeth, which comes from the Hebrew Elisheva, usually translated as “my God is an oath.”
Short-lived name
967,229births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 1rank at its peak, in 1965
Where babies named Lisa are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Lisa is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Lisa is most common in Rhode Island (1.6 times), Connecticut (1.5) and Delaware (1.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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