Elisabeth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LIZ-a-beth
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,019 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #925 for girls
Elisabeth is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 1,019th for girls in the UK (36 babies) and 925th for girls in the US (282 babies).
What does Elisabeth mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Elisheva
“my God is an oath”
The form used for the mother of John the Baptist in many European Bibles and languages.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Elisabeth a girl's or a boy's name?
Elisabeth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 36 girls in the UK and 282 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elisabeth in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,019th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 7,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 36 girls in the UK were named Elisabeth, making it the 1,019th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 845th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 93 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elisabeth in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 715 girls in the UK were given Elisabeth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #80, up from #1,019 for this spelling alone.
- Elizabeth 679
- Elisabeth 36
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,028th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Elisabeth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #1,019 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,494 |
| 2023 | 33 | #1,107 |
| 2022 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2021 | 37 | #1,011 |
| 2020 | 46 | #845 |
| 2019 | 46 | #862 |
| 2018 | 44 | #905 |
| 2017 | 77 | #604 |
| 2016 | 54 | #786 |
| 2015 | 65 | #676 |
| 2014 | 71 | #632 |
| 2013 | 68 | #651 |
| 2012 | 82 | #565 |
| 2011 | 82 | #558 |
| 2010 | 82 | #541 |
| 2009 | 68 | #610 |
| 2008 | 65 | #634 |
| 2007 | 72 | #563 |
| 2006 | 75 | #537 |
| 2005 | 68 | #537 |
| 2004 | 65 | #541 |
| 2003 | 50 | #632 |
| 2002 | 80 | #445 |
| 2001 | 83 | #425 |
| 2000 | 85 | #414 |
| 1999 | 88 | #402 |
| 1998 | 88 | #401 |
| 1997 | 80 | #443 |
| 1996 | 93 | #391 |
How popular is Elisabeth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 925th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 282 about 1 in 5,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 282 girls in the US were named Elisabeth, making it the 925th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 976th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 1,093 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elisabeth in the US since 1880 were born between 1962 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 7,042 girls in the US were given Elisabeth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #24, up from #925 for this spelling alone.
- Elizabeth 6,760
- Elisabeth 282
Elisabeth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 282 | #925 |
| 2024 | 292 | #908 |
| 2023 | 257 | #994 |
| 2022 | 272 | #978 |
| 2021 | 255 | #1,002 |
| 2020 | 261 | #976 |
| 2019 | 293 | #906 |
| 2018 | 349 | #782 |
| 2017 | 359 | #771 |
| 2016 | 427 | #684 |
| 2015 | 403 | #708 |
| 2014 | 489 | #602 |
| 2013 | 461 | #608 |
| 2012 | 465 | #617 |
| 2011 | 476 | #603 |
| 2010 | 499 | #588 |
| 2009 | 554 | #551 |
| 2008 | 586 | #522 |
| 2007 | 628 | #508 |
| 2006 | 613 | #497 |
| 2005 | 682 | #444 |
| 2004 | 702 | #434 |
| 2003 | 710 | #423 |
| 2002 | 824 | #363 |
| 2001 | 1,093 | #286 |
| 2000 | 735 | #390 |
| 1999 | 694 | #402 |
| 1998 | 740 | #382 |
| 1997 | 865 | #328 |
| 1996 | 739 | #366 |
| 1995 | 701 | #374 |
| 1994 | 727 | #360 |
| 1993 | 788 | #334 |
| 1992 | 760 | #341 |
| 1991 | 734 | #353 |
| 1990 | 765 | #348 |
| 1989 | 813 | #311 |
| 1988 | 714 | #346 |
| 1987 | 722 | #339 |
| 1986 | 705 | #340 |
| 1985 | 771 | #313 |
| 1984 | 791 | #302 |
| 1983 | 704 | #328 |
| 1982 | 804 | #304 |
| 1981 | 735 | #321 |
| 1980 | 752 | #322 |
| 1979 | 626 | #362 |
| 1978 | 589 | #359 |
| 1977 | 576 | #372 |
| 1976 | 497 | #404 |
| 1975 | 460 | #429 |
| 1974 | 413 | #447 |
| 1973 | 373 | #480 |
| 1972 | 353 | #500 |
| 1971 | 399 | #483 |
| 1970 | 427 | #475 |
| 1969 | 411 | #476 |
| 1968 | 437 | #461 |
| 1967 | 468 | #434 |
| 1966 | 445 | #443 |
| 1965 | 458 | #440 |
| 1964 | 439 | #462 |
| 1963 | 466 | #447 |
| 1962 | 401 | #482 |
| 1961 | 369 | #509 |
| 1960 | 378 | #498 |
| 1959 | 327 | #538 |
| 1958 | 331 | #532 |
| 1957 | 316 | #538 |
| 1956 | 312 | #525 |
| 1955 | 229 | #612 |
| 1954 | 259 | #553 |
| 1953 | 218 | #598 |
| 1952 | 201 | #619 |
| 1951 | 184 | #638 |
| 1950 | 187 | #612 |
| 1949 | 182 | #612 |
| 1948 | 175 | #623 |
| 1947 | 207 | #592 |
| 1946 | 146 | #655 |
| 1945 | 148 | #599 |
| 1944 | 150 | #599 |
| 1943 | 146 | #629 |
| 1942 | 149 | #613 |
| 1941 | 138 | #601 |
| 1940 | 114 | #652 |
| 1939 | 129 | #589 |
| 1938 | 128 | #604 |
| 1937 | 137 | #575 |
| 1936 | 120 | #600 |
| 1935 | 109 | #621 |
| 1934 | 122 | #591 |
| 1933 | 123 | #578 |
| 1932 | 114 | #624 |
| 1931 | 156 | #527 |
| 1930 | 146 | #564 |
| 1929 | 153 | #551 |
| 1928 | 156 | #564 |
| 1927 | 177 | #534 |
| 1926 | 182 | #517 |
| 1925 | 184 | #523 |
| 1924 | 200 | #495 |
| 1923 | 189 | #505 |
| 1922 | 222 | #462 |
| 1921 | 245 | #435 |
| 1920 | 259 | #413 |
| 1919 | 273 | #393 |
| 1918 | 292 | #382 |
| 1917 | 331 | #344 |
| 1916 | 278 | #371 |
| 1915 | 261 | #373 |
| 1914 | 217 | #359 |
| 1913 | 180 | #362 |
| 1912 | 131 | #404 |
| 1911 | 96 | #409 |
| 1910 | 102 | #390 |
| 1909 | 93 | #385 |
| 1908 | 89 | #383 |
| 1907 | 90 | #370 |
| 1906 | 82 | #376 |
| 1905 | 88 | #357 |
| 1904 | 53 | #445 |
| 1903 | 60 | #407 |
| 1902 | 50 | #440 |
| 1901 | 51 | #421 |
| 1900 | 54 | #457 |
| 1899 | 52 | #402 |
| 1898 | 66 | #380 |
| 1897 | 57 | #382 |
| 1896 | 50 | #403 |
| 1895 | 43 | #433 |
| 1894 | 58 | #367 |
| 1893 | 48 | #387 |
| 1892 | 55 | #358 |
| 1891 | 27 | #497 |
| 1890 | 23 | #548 |
| 1889 | 45 | #358 |
| 1888 | 33 | #431 |
| 1887 | 33 | #372 |
| 1886 | 43 | #318 |
| 1885 | 32 | #354 |
| 1884 | 32 | #349 |
| 1883 | 26 | #354 |
| 1882 | 29 | #326 |
| 1881 | 25 | #317 |
| 1880 | 24 | #326 |
Nicknames for Elisabeth
Names like Elisabeth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily, Sarah, Hannah, Leah, Jessica, Molly, Elise, Emma, Abigail, Naomi, Eliza, Olivia
Other spellings of Elisabeth
Names related to Elisabeth
Elisabeta, Elsbeth, Elisabetta, Elizabet, Elizabete, Elisabet, Elyzabeth, Elizbeth, Ellizabeth
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elisabeth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elisabeth, updated 20 October 2026.