# Lizzie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lizzie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlɪzi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 39,640 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 102 / 39,538 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 288, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Liz + -ie.

## 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 | 59 | 2,933 |
| 2012 | 60 | 2,888 |
| 2013 | 60 | 2,861 |
| 2014 | 65 | 2,705 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,578 |
| 2016 | 71 | 2,531 |
| 2017 | 63 | 2,733 |
| 2018 | 39 | 3,822 |
| 2019 | 69 | 2,554 |
| 2020 | 66 | 2,589 |
| 2021 | 83 | 2,243 |
| 2022 | 74 | 2,457 |
| 2023 | 95 | 2,058 |
| 2024 | 79 | 2,339 |
| 2025 | 87 | 2,145 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1904 | 5 | 1,319 |
| 1909 | 7 | 1,224 |
| 1914 | 5 | 3,547 |
| 1918 | 7 | 3,569 |
| 1919 | 5 | 4,534 |
| 1920 | 7 | 3,685 |
| 1921 | 8 | 3,380 |
| 1923 | 7 | 3,677 |
| 1924 | 6 | 4,149 |
| 1925 | 5 | 4,624 |
| 1927 | 8 | 3,327 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,488 |
| 1935 | 5 | 3,949 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,385 |
| 1940 | 5 | 3,740 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,374 |
| 2012 | 10 | 2,521 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 10 | 2,547 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,901 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Lizzie

- Lizzie Velasquez, American motivational speaker
- Lizzie Brocheré, French actress
- Lizzie Pannill Fletcher, American politician (born 1975)
- Lizzie Burns, British activist
- Lizzie Borden, American filmmaker (born 1958)
- Lizzie Miles, African American blues singer (1895-1963)
- Lizzie Holmes, American editor, anarchist
- Susan Stebbing, British philosopher (1885-1943)

## 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.