Lizabeth
Feminine · “Hebrew "my God is an oath”
Elizabeth has produced more nicknames than any other English name, and the reason is arithmetic. Four syllables can be cut at several points, and each cut yields a different word: Eliza, Liz, Lizzie, Beth, Betsy, Betty, Bess, Libby, Elsie, Ella. Lizabeth is one of the cuts kept as a full name.
How old is the name Lizabeth?
Lizabeth first appears in US birth records in 1907 — 118 years ago. The typical Lizabeth alive today was born around 1968, making them about 57 years old. About 4,900 people named Lizabeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lizabeth most popular?
Lizabeth peaked in 1958, reaching #717 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 6,774 places below that high. See the whole 1958 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Lizabeth
The story of Lizabeth
Long names generate short ones in proportion to how common they are, and Elizabeth was common enough in England for five centuries to be cut every way a name can be cut. The front yields Eliza and Elsie; the middle yields Liz, Lizzie and Libby, the last through a child's pronunciation; the back yields Beth, Bess, Betty and Betsy, and Betty in turn produced Bettina and, by rhyme, Hetty. Bess and Betsy were the Elizabethan forms; Betty belongs to the eighteenth century; Beth to the nineteenth. Lizabeth as a registered full name peaks in America in 1958.
Meaning
Hebrew "my God is an oath"
From Elisheva, El, God, plus sheva, an oath — or possibly seven, since the Hebrew words are related and oaths were sworn by sevens. She is the wife of Aaron in Exodus and, in the Gospel of Luke, the mother of John the Baptist. Lizabeth is the name with its first syllable dropped, a form recorded in English from at least the eighteenth century and used as a full given name in America.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elisabet
- Elizabeth
- Lizabeth
Related forms: Elizabeth · Isabel · Elisabetta · Elisabeth
Pronouncing Lizabeth
LIZ-uh-beth
Three syllables, stress on the first. Elizabeth is four syllables with the stress on the second, ih-LIZ-uh-beth; dropping the initial vowel moves the stress to the front.
Nicknames for Lizabeth
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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
- 1907
- Most girls named
- 1961147 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #717reached in 1958
- Change vs 2023
- +180.0%14 in 2025, from 5
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.
Lizabeth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elizabeth in English — related form
- Isabel in Spanish — related form
- Elisabetta in Italian — related form
- Elisabeth in German — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas.
Lizabeths among us
people named Lizabeth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Lizabeth
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carolyne test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lizabeth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carolyne climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carolyne's path sketches the road Lizabeth is walking now.
Lizabeth 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
Lizabeth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lizabeth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and the name is among the best documented in Europe.
- It carries an unusually large stock of ready-made short forms.
- It is read correctly on sight by every English speaker.
- It will be corrected to Elizabeth constantly, in writing and in speech.
- It reads as a clipped form rather than a full name to many people.
- The mid-century peak dates a bearer fairly clearly.
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Feminine · #7491 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Lizabeths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,900 people named Lizabeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lizabeth in 2025?
- Lizabeth ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lizabeth?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Lizabeth — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lizabeth with classmates?
- Lizabeth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lizabeth
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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