Elizabeth
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LIZ-a-beth
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #79 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #17 for girls
- Style
- Timeless
Elizabeth is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 79th for girls in the UK (679 babies) and 17th for girls in the US (6,760 babies).
What does Elizabeth mean?
Hebrew: from Hebrew Elisheba, via Greek and Latin
“God is my oath”
Borne in the Bible by the mother of John the Baptist, and by Queens Elizabeth I and Elizabeth II.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Elizabeth a girl's or a boy's name?
Elizabeth is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 679 girls in the UK and 6,760 girls and 5 boys in the US.
How popular is Elizabeth in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 79th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 679 about 1 in 410 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.4% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 679 girls in the UK were named Elizabeth, making it the 79th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 60th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 2,308 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Elizabeth since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Elizabeth 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 Elizabeth or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #80.
- Elizabeth 679
- Elisabeth 36
Among girls in 2025, it was 74th in England and Wales, 116th in Scotland and 121st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#9), 1914 (#9), 1924 (#9), 1934 (#14), 1944 (#15), 1954 (#8), 1964 (#20), 1974 (#23), 1984 (#25), 1994 (#26), 2004 (#35), 2014 (#37) and 2024 (#62).
Elizabeth in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 679 | #79 |
| 2024 | 769 | #65 |
| 2023 | 717 | #72 |
| 2022 | 856 | #63 |
| 2021 | 922 | #63 |
| 2020 | 930 | #60 |
| 2019 | 1,006 | #61 |
| 2018 | 1,145 | #53 |
| 2017 | 1,252 | #51 |
| 2016 | 1,486 | #43 |
| 2015 | 1,426 | #43 |
| 2014 | 1,484 | #43 |
| 2013 | 1,432 | #43 |
| 2012 | 1,554 | #41 |
| 2011 | 1,515 | #45 |
| 2010 | 1,465 | #50 |
| 2009 | 1,507 | #44 |
| 2008 | 1,611 | #43 |
| 2007 | 1,495 | #43 |
| 2006 | 1,574 | #41 |
| 2005 | 1,551 | #41 |
| 2004 | 1,611 | #38 |
| 2003 | 1,615 | #36 |
| 2002 | 1,710 | #33 |
| 2001 | 1,634 | #37 |
| 2000 | 1,660 | #35 |
| 1999 | 1,797 | #33 |
| 1998 | 1,804 | #33 |
| 1997 | 2,031 | #32 |
| 1996 | 2,308 | #27 |
How popular is Elizabeth in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 17th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6,760 about 1 in 240 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 5.7% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6,760 girls in the US were named Elizabeth, making it the 17th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 16th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 20,750 girls. 5 boys were also named Elizabeth in 2025 (12,003rd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Elizabeth in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1990, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elizabeth in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,760 | #17 |
| 2024 | 6,924 | #17 |
| 2023 | 6,616 | #15 |
| 2022 | 7,020 | #15 |
| 2021 | 7,265 | #14 |
| 2020 | 7,308 | #16 |
| 2019 | 7,923 | #14 |
| 2018 | 8,600 | #13 |
| 2017 | 9,004 | #13 |
| 2016 | 9,607 | #13 |
| 2015 | 9,771 | #13 |
| 2014 | 9,600 | #13 |
| 2013 | 9,476 | #10 |
| 2012 | 9,730 | #10 |
| 2011 | 10,109 | #11 |
| 2010 | 10,283 | #12 |
| 2009 | 11,057 | #11 |
| 2008 | 12,027 | #9 |
| 2007 | 13,071 | #10 |
| 2006 | 12,440 | #11 |
| 2005 | 12,743 | #11 |
| 2004 | 13,577 | #10 |
| 2003 | 14,123 | #9 |
| 2002 | 14,621 | #11 |
| 2001 | 14,792 | #9 |
| 2000 | 15,117 | #9 |
| 1999 | 15,350 | #10 |
| 1998 | 15,193 | #10 |
| 1997 | 15,430 | #9 |
| 1996 | 16,003 | #10 |
| 1995 | 16,192 | #10 |
| 1994 | 16,786 | #9 |
| 1993 | 17,559 | #9 |
| 1992 | 19,035 | #9 |
| 1991 | 20,395 | #9 |
| 1990 | 20,750 | #9 |
| 1989 | 20,298 | #10 |
| 1988 | 20,042 | #10 |
| 1987 | 18,608 | #10 |
| 1986 | 19,074 | #10 |
| 1985 | 20,545 | #9 |
| 1984 | 20,360 | #10 |
| 1983 | 19,842 | #10 |
| 1982 | 20,506 | #8 |
| 1981 | 20,168 | #9 |
| 1980 | 19,529 | #9 |
| 1979 | 18,073 | #11 |
| 1978 | 16,807 | #14 |
| 1977 | 16,431 | #13 |
| 1976 | 13,547 | #16 |
| 1975 | 12,472 | #15 |
| 1974 | 12,259 | #12 |
| 1973 | 12,360 | #13 |
| 1972 | 12,182 | #15 |
| 1971 | 13,606 | #19 |
| 1970 | 15,108 | #18 |
| 1969 | 15,297 | #16 |
| 1968 | 14,887 | #17 |
| 1967 | 16,116 | #13 |
| 1966 | 15,887 | #16 |
| 1965 | 16,321 | #16 |
| 1964 | 17,294 | #16 |
| 1963 | 17,598 | #20 |
| 1962 | 17,806 | #20 |
| 1961 | 18,855 | #19 |
| 1960 | 18,859 | #18 |
| 1959 | 18,421 | #21 |
| 1958 | 18,535 | #22 |
| 1957 | 17,492 | #22 |
| 1956 | 16,355 | #22 |
| 1955 | 16,696 | #21 |
| 1954 | 16,584 | #20 |
| 1953 | 16,099 | #21 |
| 1952 | 16,022 | #22 |
| 1951 | 15,118 | #23 |
| 1950 | 14,334 | #24 |
| 1949 | 13,714 | #25 |
| 1948 | 13,215 | #26 |
| 1947 | 13,440 | #25 |
| 1946 | 11,753 | #25 |
| 1945 | 10,343 | #26 |
| 1944 | 11,034 | #23 |
| 1943 | 11,644 | #23 |
| 1942 | 11,186 | #22 |
| 1941 | 10,267 | #21 |
| 1940 | 9,955 | #20 |
| 1939 | 9,709 | #18 |
| 1938 | 9,803 | #17 |
| 1937 | 9,385 | #17 |
| 1936 | 8,860 | #18 |
| 1935 | 9,075 | #17 |
| 1934 | 9,346 | #18 |
| 1933 | 9,016 | #17 |
| 1932 | 9,999 | #17 |
| 1931 | 10,292 | #16 |
| 1930 | 10,995 | #15 |
| 1929 | 11,248 | #15 |
| 1928 | 11,767 | #14 |
| 1927 | 12,523 | #13 |
| 1926 | 12,837 | #11 |
| 1925 | 13,936 | #10 |
| 1924 | 14,950 | #11 |
| 1923 | 15,459 | #9 |
| 1922 | 15,244 | #9 |
| 1921 | 15,800 | #10 |
| 1920 | 15,908 | #8 |
| 1919 | 15,287 | #8 |
| 1918 | 15,853 | #9 |
| 1917 | 15,131 | #8 |
| 1916 | 14,940 | #8 |
| 1915 | 14,103 | #8 |
| 1914 | 11,367 | #8 |
| 1913 | 9,505 | #8 |
| 1912 | 8,527 | #8 |
| 1911 | 6,298 | #7 |
| 1910 | 5,800 | #7 |
| 1909 | 5,176 | #7 |
| 1908 | 4,904 | #7 |
| 1907 | 4,624 | #7 |
| 1906 | 4,320 | #7 |
| 1905 | 4,121 | #6 |
| 1904 | 3,833 | #6 |
| 1903 | 3,724 | #6 |
| 1902 | 3,694 | #6 |
| 1901 | 3,216 | #6 |
| 1900 | 4,096 | #6 |
| 1899 | 3,287 | #7 |
| 1898 | 3,659 | #7 |
| 1897 | 3,442 | #6 |
| 1896 | 3,471 | #7 |
| 1895 | 3,603 | #5 |
| 1894 | 3,425 | #5 |
| 1893 | 3,360 | #5 |
| 1892 | 3,461 | #3 |
| 1891 | 3,059 | #4 |
| 1890 | 3,112 | #3 |
| 1889 | 3,058 | #3 |
| 1888 | 3,224 | #3 |
| 1887 | 2,681 | #3 |
| 1886 | 2,680 | #4 |
| 1885 | 2,582 | #4 |
| 1884 | 2,549 | #4 |
| 1883 | 2,255 | #4 |
| 1882 | 2,186 | #4 |
| 1881 | 1,852 | #4 |
| 1880 | 1,939 | #4 |
Nicknames for Elizabeth
Names like Elizabeth
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sarah, Anna, Emma, Eleanor, Hannah, Emily, Alice, Lucy, Eva, Annie, Georgia, Sophie
Other spellings of Elizabeth
Names related to Elizabeth
Elisabeta, Elsbeth, Elisabetta, Elizabet, Elizabete, Alizabeth, Elisabet, Elyzabeth, Elizbeth
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, “Elizabeth: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elizabeth, updated 20 October 2026.