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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
#3,409among girls
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 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.

1996Busiest: 23 in 20112025
Lizzie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20247#3,381
20235#4,251
202213#2,157
202116#1,882
202011#2,407
20199#2,792
201810#2,631
201711#2,485
201610#2,692
201515#1,988
201412#2,320
201312#2,309
201210#2,666
201123#1,421
201014#2,004
200911#2,298
200810#2,454
200716#1,694
200612#1,987
200512#1,912
200411#1,949
200315#1,492
200212#1,649
20014#3,427
20006#2,554
19999#1,921
19986#2,535
19974#3,345
19967#2,201

How popular is Lizzie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,139among girls
Babies in 2025
87about 1 in 18,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 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.

1880Busiest: 809 in 19192025
Lizzie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202587#2,139
202479#2,327
202395#2,050
202274#2,445
202183#2,233
202066#2,580
201969#2,538
201839#3,788
201763#2,713
201671#2,517
201570#2,555
201465#2,681
201360#2,836
201260#2,865
201159#2,908
201048#3,359
200958#2,965
200850#3,315
200775#2,485
200677#2,419
200584#2,179
200481#2,192
2003105#1,785
200246#3,099
200152#2,804
200049#2,899
199939#3,242
199835#3,423
199729#3,812
199628#3,826
199524#4,212
199439#2,983
199326#3,982
199232#3,413
199139#2,929
199037#3,017
198926#3,778
198844#2,442
198734#2,850
198635#2,723
198539#2,483
198428#3,068
198343#2,235
198240#2,414
198148#2,119
198031#2,866
197941#2,304
197838#2,350
197742#2,189
197645#1,968
197557#1,672
197440#2,066
197348#1,788
197244#1,890
197154#1,686
197057#1,637
196960#1,531
196866#1,375
196759#1,441
196664#1,368
196583#1,177
1964104#1,066
1963110#1,016
196281#1,224
1961102#1,083
1960115#1,000
1959122#949
1958127#910
1957127#902
1956151#808
1955180#699
1954205#638
1953180#668
1952202#615
1951226#566
1950245#524
1949247#522
1948279#479
1947273#497
1946291#456
1945263#440
1944265#441
1943294#429
1942298#414
1941349#353
1940290#399
1939284#396
1938295#390
1937316#364
1936310#359
1935401#308
1934357#331
1933405#307
1932416#312
1931406#317
1930494#298
1929487#297
1928475#304
1927562#282
1926543#284
1925636#262
1924581#270
1923625#256
1922684#250
1921665#257
1920711#245
1919809#219
1918727#236
1917646#244
1916669#239
1915657#236
1914551#228
1913532#200
1912548#180
1911441#170
1910505#155
1909504#140
1908436#155
1907462#142
1906449#136
1905476#132
1904420#139
1903458#124
1902504#115
1901458#115
1900657#103
1899492#105
1898582#103
1897543#99
1896508#100
1895543#99
1894562#92
1893584#83
1892597#80
1891525#82
1890620#74
1889570#74
1888593#75
1887525#68
1886512#71
1885537#65
1884523#66
1883496#63
1882495#62
1881396#67
1880388#67

Names like Lizzie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Lizzie

More Hebrew names

Every Hebrew name

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.