Lilibet
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIL-i-bet
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,368 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,295 for girls
Lilibet is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 1,368th for girls in the UK (24 babies) and 3,295th for girls in the US (47 babies).
What does Lilibet mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Elizabeth
“my God is an oath”
Lilibet was the family nickname of Queen Elizabeth II, from her own childhood attempt to say Elizabeth.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lilibet a girl's or a boy's name?
Lilibet is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 girls in the UK and 47 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lilibet in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,368th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 12,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the UK were named Lilibet, making it the 1,368th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 35 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lilibet in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were given Lilibet or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,037, up from #1,368 for this spelling alone.
- Lilibet 24
- Lillibet 6
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,315th in England and Wales.
Lilibet in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #1,368 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 35 | #1,051 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,187 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
How popular is Lilibet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,295th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 47 about 1 in 34,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 47 girls in the US were named Lilibet, making it the 3,295th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1988.
2025 had the most girls named Lilibet of any year since it first appeared, in 1988.
Half of all the girls named Lilibet in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lilibet in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #3,295 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 41 | #3,707 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,025 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
Nicknames for Lilibet
- Lili 77 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Lilibet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lyra, Delilah, Elodie, Violet, Liyana, Luna, Isla, Eliza, Lyla, Harper, Liora, Freya
Other spellings of Lilibet
Lillibet
Names related to Lilibet
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, “Lilibet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lilibet, updated 20 October 2026.