Lizzie
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LIZ-ee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,139 for girls
Lizzie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 2,139th for girls in the US (87 babies).
What does Lizzie mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Elizabeth
“God is my oath”
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Is Lizzie a girl's or a boy's name?
Lizzie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 87 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lizzie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 37% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Lizzie, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,407th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 23 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lizzie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Lizzie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,407 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,692 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 12 | #2,309 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 23 | #1,421 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,694 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,987 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,912 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 15 | #1,492 |
| 2002 | 12 | #1,649 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,921 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Lizzie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,139th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 87 about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 87 girls in the US were named Lizzie, making it the 2,139th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,580th. Its busiest year was 1919, with 809 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lizzie in the US since 1880 were born between 1898 and 1935. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 127 girls in the US were given Lizzie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,428, up from #2,139 for this spelling alone.
- Lizzie 87
- Lizzy 40
Lizzie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 87 | #2,139 |
| 2024 | 79 | #2,327 |
| 2023 | 95 | #2,050 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,445 |
| 2021 | 83 | #2,233 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,580 |
| 2019 | 69 | #2,538 |
| 2018 | 39 | #3,788 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,713 |
| 2016 | 71 | #2,517 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,555 |
| 2014 | 65 | #2,681 |
| 2013 | 60 | #2,836 |
| 2012 | 60 | #2,865 |
| 2011 | 59 | #2,908 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,359 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 50 | #3,315 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 77 | #2,419 |
| 2005 | 84 | #2,179 |
| 2004 | 81 | #2,192 |
| 2003 | 105 | #1,785 |
| 2002 | 46 | #3,099 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,804 |
| 2000 | 49 | #2,899 |
| 1999 | 39 | #3,242 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 28 | #3,826 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 39 | #2,983 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 39 | #2,929 |
| 1990 | 37 | #3,017 |
| 1989 | 26 | #3,778 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 34 | #2,850 |
| 1986 | 35 | #2,723 |
| 1985 | 39 | #2,483 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 43 | #2,235 |
| 1982 | 40 | #2,414 |
| 1981 | 48 | #2,119 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 41 | #2,304 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,350 |
| 1977 | 42 | #2,189 |
| 1976 | 45 | #1,968 |
| 1975 | 57 | #1,672 |
| 1974 | 40 | #2,066 |
| 1973 | 48 | #1,788 |
| 1972 | 44 | #1,890 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,686 |
| 1970 | 57 | #1,637 |
| 1969 | 60 | #1,531 |
| 1968 | 66 | #1,375 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,441 |
| 1966 | 64 | #1,368 |
| 1965 | 83 | #1,177 |
| 1964 | 104 | #1,066 |
| 1963 | 110 | #1,016 |
| 1962 | 81 | #1,224 |
| 1961 | 102 | #1,083 |
| 1960 | 115 | #1,000 |
| 1959 | 122 | #949 |
| 1958 | 127 | #910 |
| 1957 | 127 | #902 |
| 1956 | 151 | #808 |
| 1955 | 180 | #699 |
| 1954 | 205 | #638 |
| 1953 | 180 | #668 |
| 1952 | 202 | #615 |
| 1951 | 226 | #566 |
| 1950 | 245 | #524 |
| 1949 | 247 | #522 |
| 1948 | 279 | #479 |
| 1947 | 273 | #497 |
| 1946 | 291 | #456 |
| 1945 | 263 | #440 |
| 1944 | 265 | #441 |
| 1943 | 294 | #429 |
| 1942 | 298 | #414 |
| 1941 | 349 | #353 |
| 1940 | 290 | #399 |
| 1939 | 284 | #396 |
| 1938 | 295 | #390 |
| 1937 | 316 | #364 |
| 1936 | 310 | #359 |
| 1935 | 401 | #308 |
| 1934 | 357 | #331 |
| 1933 | 405 | #307 |
| 1932 | 416 | #312 |
| 1931 | 406 | #317 |
| 1930 | 494 | #298 |
| 1929 | 487 | #297 |
| 1928 | 475 | #304 |
| 1927 | 562 | #282 |
| 1926 | 543 | #284 |
| 1925 | 636 | #262 |
| 1924 | 581 | #270 |
| 1923 | 625 | #256 |
| 1922 | 684 | #250 |
| 1921 | 665 | #257 |
| 1920 | 711 | #245 |
| 1919 | 809 | #219 |
| 1918 | 727 | #236 |
| 1917 | 646 | #244 |
| 1916 | 669 | #239 |
| 1915 | 657 | #236 |
| 1914 | 551 | #228 |
| 1913 | 532 | #200 |
| 1912 | 548 | #180 |
| 1911 | 441 | #170 |
| 1910 | 505 | #155 |
| 1909 | 504 | #140 |
| 1908 | 436 | #155 |
| 1907 | 462 | #142 |
| 1906 | 449 | #136 |
| 1905 | 476 | #132 |
| 1904 | 420 | #139 |
| 1903 | 458 | #124 |
| 1902 | 504 | #115 |
| 1901 | 458 | #115 |
| 1900 | 657 | #103 |
| 1899 | 492 | #105 |
| 1898 | 582 | #103 |
| 1897 | 543 | #99 |
| 1896 | 508 | #100 |
| 1895 | 543 | #99 |
| 1894 | 562 | #92 |
| 1893 | 584 | #83 |
| 1892 | 597 | #80 |
| 1891 | 525 | #82 |
| 1890 | 620 | #74 |
| 1889 | 570 | #74 |
| 1888 | 593 | #75 |
| 1887 | 525 | #68 |
| 1886 | 512 | #71 |
| 1885 | 537 | #65 |
| 1884 | 523 | #66 |
| 1883 | 496 | #63 |
| 1882 | 495 | #62 |
| 1881 | 396 | #67 |
| 1880 | 388 | #67 |
Names like Lizzie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Elsie, Lottie, Annie, Millie, Nellie, Winnie, Hattie, Rosie, Frankie, Sadie, Florence, Evie
Other spellings of Lizzie
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, “Lizzie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lizzie, updated 20 October 2026.