Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint.
Meaning & Origin of Elizabeth
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Elizabeth is a feminine given name, a variation of the Hebrew name Elisheva (אֱלִישֶׁבַע), meaning "My God is an oath" or "My God is abundance", as rendered in the Septuagint.
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The Story of Elizabeth
Elizabeth first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 1,939 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1990, when 20,749 Elizabeths were born — ranking #9 that year. As of 2026, Elizabeth ranks #18 for baby girls with 6,634 births, falling sharply (-16%). In total, more than 1.7M Elizabeths have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Notable people named Elizabeth
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Empress Elizabeth , lists various empresses named Elizabeth
- Queen Elizabeth , lists various queens named Elizabeth Elizabeth I (1533–1603; reigned</span>"}]]}'>r. 1558–1603 ), queen regnant of England and Ireland
- Elizabeth II (1926–2022; reigned</span>"}]]}'>r. 1952–2022 ), queen regnant of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms
- Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother (1900–2002), queen consort of the United Kingdom and British Dominions, mother of Elizabeth II
- Princess Elizabeth , lists various princesses named Elizabeth Elizabeth of Palatinate-Zweibrücken (1642–1677), Princess Consort of Anhalt-Bernburg
- Elizabeth Richeza of Poland (1288–1335), Polish princess of the House of Piast and by her two marriages Queen consort of Bohemia and Poland and Duchess consort of Austria and Styria
- Elizabeth of Slavonia (1352 – c. 1380), heir presumptive to the Hungarian throne
- Elizabeth of Töss (1292 – c. 1336), Hungarian princess and the last member of the House of Árpád
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Names that sound like Elizabeth
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About the name Elizabeth
Elizabeth is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 1.7M births in the dataset. Elizabeth's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #3. Use the chart and map above to compare Elizabeth's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.