Elizabeth
Girl nameElizabeth has been given to 1,693,973 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1990 and currently ranks #17 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/
From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (ʔĕlîšeḇaʕ, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.
Origin: Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
1,693,973
Peak year
1990 (20,841 babies)
Rank in 2025
#17 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -31%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Elizabeth
Elizabeth II
Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 (1926–2022)
Elizabeth I of England
Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 (1533-1603)
Lana Del Rey
American singer-songwriter (born 1985)
Elizabeth Taylor
British-American actress (1932–2011)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Elizabeth.
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