# Elisabeth (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/elisabeth/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “my god is an oath” |
| Pronunciation | /ᵻˈlɪz.ə.bəθ/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | Liesel, Lissy |
| Variant spellings | Elizabeth |
| US babies named this | 48,045 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 27 / 48,018 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,828, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 476 | 603 |
| 2012 | 465 | 617 |
| 2013 | 461 | 608 |
| 2014 | 489 | 602 |
| 2015 | 403 | 709 |
| 2016 | 427 | 685 |
| 2017 | 359 | 771 |
| 2018 | 349 | 782 |
| 2019 | 293 | 906 |
| 2020 | 261 | 976 |
| 2021 | 255 | 1,003 |
| 2022 | 272 | 978 |
| 2023 | 257 | 995 |
| 2024 | 292 | 908 |
| 2025 | 282 | 925 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 6 | 5,559 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,866 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,852 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,928 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 534 |
| 2012 | 78 | 542 |
| 2013 | 60 | 663 |
| 2014 | 64 | 629 |
| 2015 | 63 | 649 |
| 2016 | 51 | 768 |
| 2017 | 74 | 576 |
| 2018 | 43 | 864 |
| 2019 | 46 | 806 |
| 2020 | 43 | 840 |
| 2021 | 35 | 983 |
| 2022 | 33 | 1,023 |
| 2023 | 31 | 1,087 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,449 |
| 2025 | 33 | 1,028 |

## People named Elisabeth

- Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, French portrait painter (1755–1842)
- Élisabeth Charlotte of Orléans, French princess (1676-1744)
- Élisabeth Badinter, French author, historian, and professor
- Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, French musician
- Élisabeth Depardieu, French actress
- Élisabeth Thible, Ballooning pioneer
- Élisabeth Roudinesco, French historian and psychoanalyst
- Élisabeth de Bourbon, French duchess
- Élisabeth Marguerite d'Orléans, French noble (1646-1696)
- Élisabeth de Gramont, 20th-century French writer
- Elisabeth Moreno, French / Cape Verdean business executive and politician
- Élisabeth Guigou, French politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.