Lizeth
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
Lizeth is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 9,168 girls against 9 boys since 1880.
Lizeth is a Spanish short form of Elizabeth — my God is an oath — and the Hebrew ties swearing to the number seven.
How old is the name Lizeth?
Lizeth first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Lizeth alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 9,100 people named Lizeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lizeth most popular?
Lizeth peaked in 1999, reaching #581 nationally. Today it ranks #2173, 1,592 places below that high. See the whole 1999 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Lizeth
The story of Lizeth
Elisheva is Aaron's wife in Exodus, and Greek and Latin turned the name into Elizabeth, one of the most-used in European history. Spanish-speaking families produced Lizeth, Lizbeth and Yaretzi-era short forms in the twentieth century. Lizeth appears in American records in current use.
Meaning
my God is an oath
Through Elizabeth, from the Hebrew Elisheva — el, 'God', and sheva, 'oath' or 'seven'. Hebrew idiom connects swearing an oath to the number seven, so the two senses are one word. Lizeth is a Latin American shortening. The Hebrew is documented.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elizabeth
- Lizeth
Related forms: Lizeth · Lizbeth · Elizabeth
Pronouncing Lizeth
lee-SET
Two syllables, stress on the second. Spanish gives the z an s sound in Latin American use.
Nicknames for Lizeth
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
- 1971
- Most girls named
- 2004435 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #581reached in 1999
- Change vs 2024
- −28.0%85 in 2025, from 118
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.
Lizeth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Lizeth in Spanish — same name
- Lizbeth in Spanish — related form
- Elizabeth in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Lizeths among us
people named Lizeth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,909 born in 2025 was named Lizeth
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Lizeth
- #2173
- Lizeth on the 2025 chart
- #865
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Lizeth went to 85 girls in 2025, but Liseth is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 95, which makes it the 865th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,308 places above the chart.
- Lizeth85
- Liseth10
About 1 girl in 16,919 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 18,909 for Lizeth 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 Jerilynn test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lizeth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jerilynn climbed just as high around 1942, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jerilynn's path sketches the road Lizeth is walking now.
Lizeth 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 Lizeth is headed
Lizeth should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium 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.
Lizeth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lizeth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That oath and seven are the same idea in Hebrew is a genuinely fine detail.
- Liz is available as a short form with a large record.
- The end stress gives it a strong rhythm against a front-stressed surname.
- Lizeth and Lizbeth are both in circulation and said differently.
- English speakers will read the z as a z.
- It reads as specifically Latin American.
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Frequently asked
- How many Lizeths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 9,100 people named Lizeth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Lizeth?
- Lizeth is the most-used spelling in US records — 85 of the 95 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Liseth.
- How popular is the name Lizeth in 2025?
- Lizeth ranks #2173 among US girl names in 2025, with 85 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lizeth?
- About 1 in every 18,909 US girls born in 2025 was named Lizeth — 85 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lizeth with classmates?
- Lizeth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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