Lilibeth
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
Lilibeth takes Elizabeth apart and puts two of the pieces back together. The Lili and the Beth are both established short forms of the same long name, and joining them makes something that sounds new out of parts that are several centuries old.
How old is the name Lilibeth?
Lilibeth first appears in US birth records in 1970 — 55 years ago. The typical Lilibeth alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 1,700 people named Lilibeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lilibeth most popular?
Lilibeth peaked in 1996, reaching #1446 nationally. Today it ranks #2822, 1,376 places below that high. See the whole 1996 chart.
Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Lilibeth
The story of Lilibeth
Elizabeth has produced more short forms than almost any other English name — Bess, Betty, Beth, Eliza, Liza, Libby, Lisbet, Lilibet — because it has been in constant use for so long that every generation has made its own. Lilibet was a family nickname in the British royal household, which gave the shape wide currency. Lilibeth as a full name in its own right is most at home in the Philippines and in Spanish-speaking countries, where compound and blended names of exactly this kind are ordinary, and it reaches American records largely from there.
Meaning
my God is an oath
Both halves come from Elizabeth, Hebrew Elisheva — El, 'God', with sheva, connected to swearing an oath and to the number seven, which in Hebrew is bound up with oath-taking. The reading is generally given as 'my God is an oath' or 'my God is abundance'. Lilibeth adds no meaning; it is two familiar short forms of one name set side by side.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elizabeth
- Lilibet
- Lilibeth
Related forms: Lilibet · Elizabeth · Elisheva
Pronouncing Lilibeth
LIL-ih-beth
Three syllables, stress on the first. Spanish-speaking families often say lee-lee-BET, with the stress at the end and the h silent, and both are in use.
Nicknames for Lilibeth
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1970
- Most girls named
- 1996113 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1446reached in 1996
- Change vs 2024
- +27.7%60 in 2025, from 47
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Lilibeth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lilibet in English — spelling variant
- Elizabeth in Spanish — related form
- Elisheva in Hebrew — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Florida.
Lilibeths among us
people named Lilibeth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 26,788 born in 2025 was named Lilibeth
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lilibeth
- #2822
- Lilibeth on the 2025 chart
- #885
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lilibeth went to 60 girls in 2025, but Lilybeth is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 75, which makes it the 885th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,937 places above the chart.
- Lilibeth60
- Lilybeth15
About 1 girl in 21,430 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 26,788 for Lilibeth itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Romelia test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lilibeth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Romelia climbed just as high around 1941, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Romelia's path sketches the road Lilibeth is walking now.
Lilibeth sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Lilibeth is headed
Lilibeth looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 37% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Lilibeth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lilibeth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Lili and Beth are two ready short forms and both stand alone as names.
- Elizabeth stands behind it as a full formal version whenever one is wanted.
- Three syllables that read correctly in English, Spanish and Tagalog alike.
- Lilibeth, Lilibet, Lillibeth and Lily Beth are all in use, including as two words.
- The stress falls differently in English and Spanish, so the child will hear both.
- It is built from nicknames, which can read as informal on a formal document.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lilibeths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,700 people named Lilibeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lilibeth?
- Lilibeth is the most-used spelling in US records — 60 of the 75 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Lilybeth.
- How popular is the name Lilibeth in 2025?
- Lilibeth ranks #2822 among US girl names in 2025, with 60 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lilibeth?
- About 1 in every 26,788 US girls born in 2025 was named Lilibeth — 60 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lilibeth with classmates?
- Lilibeth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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