Elizah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-LY-za
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,644 for girls
Elizah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 3,644th for girls in the US (41 babies).
What does Elizah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Eliza, a short form of Elizabeth
“God is my oath”
Variant spelling of Eliza, which began as a short form of Elizabeth.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Elizah a girl's or a boy's name?
Elizah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 41 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elizah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Elizah, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 33 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elizah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 779 girls in the UK were given Elizah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #74, up from #2,856 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Elizah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,726 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 33 | #1,110 |
| 2018 | 20 | #1,628 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,833 |
| 2016 | 25 | #1,410 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 16 | #1,895 |
| 2013 | 16 | #1,874 |
| 2012 | 14 | #2,103 |
| 2011 | 15 | #1,917 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Elizah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,644th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 41 about 1 in 39,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 41 girls in the US were named Elizah, making it the 3,644th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the girls named Elizah in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,467 girls in the US were given Elizah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #139, up from #3,644 for this spelling alone.
In 2001, 43% of the babies named Elizah in the US were girls. By 2024 it was 91%, with more girls than boys since 2009.
Elizah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #3,644 |
| 2024 | 48 | #3,277 |
| 2023 | 43 | #3,584 |
| 2022 | 44 | #3,535 |
| 2021 | 40 | #3,734 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 34 | #4,161 |
| 2018 | 34 | #4,143 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 36 | #4,082 |
| 2015 | 35 | #4,143 |
| 2014 | 26 | #5,161 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 30 | #4,705 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 32 | #4,493 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 21 | #6,123 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 17 | #6,202 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
Nicknames for Elizah
Names like Elizah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Delilah, Eliana, Elodie, Isabella, Emilia, Harper, Tallulah, Isla, Amelie, Ava, Willow, Arabella
Other spellings of Elizah
Names related to Elizah
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
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, “Elizah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elizah, updated 20 October 2026.