Elizabeth
Elizabeth ranks #17 in the United States in 2025, as settled as a name gets. Its record runs from 1880 through a 1990 peak, 1,688,757 children in all.
What Elizabeth carries
Elizabeth · Hebrew
“God’s oath”
Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.
Elizabeth’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Elizabeth, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Elizabeth since 1880
Elizabeth peaked in 1990 at #9; #17 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Elizabeth is most common
The state that gives Elizabeth most often, per girls born there, is Wyoming (1.85% in 2025); District of Columbia and Montana are close behind.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Elizabeth
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Madeline
#81 in 2025 · Hebrew
Samuel
#18 in 2025 · Hebrew
Daniel
#22 in 2025 · Hebrew
Benjamin
#11 in 2025 · Hebrew
Matthew
#32 in 2025 · Hebrew
Abigail
#41 in 2025 · Hebrew
Jacob
#43 in 2025 · Hebrew
Hannah
#56 in 2025 · Hebrew
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About Elizabeth
How popular is the name Elizabeth?
Elizabeth ranks #17 in the United States in 2025, as settled as a name gets. The chart above draws the whole run since 1880, from the Social Security Administration's public data.
What is the recorded meaning of Elizabeth?
The gloss on record reads “God’s oath”, of Hebrew origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).
What names go with Elizabeth?
On origin, era, syllables and first letter, Madeline sits closest, with Samuel and Daniel just behind. Give the matcher the names already in the house and it scores the whole top thousand against them.
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