Lizzie
Feminine · “my God is an oath”
Lizzie is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 39,538 girls against 102 boys since 1880.
Lizzie is Elizabeth taken from the middle — from the -liz- rather than the front or the back, which is why it sounds nothing like Bess, Betty or Beth despite sharing a parent with all of them.
How old is the name Lizzie?
Lizzie was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Lizzie alive today was born around 1918, making them about 107 years old. About 8,000 people named Lizzie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Lizzie most popular?
Lizzie peaked in 1882, reaching #62 nationally. Today it ranks #2139, 2,077 places below that high. See the whole 1882 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Elisheva to Lizzie
The story of Lizzie
Elizabeth was among the most-given names in English for four centuries and produced more short forms than any other: Bess, Bet, Betty, Betsy, Eliza, Libby, Beth, Liz, Lizzie. Nineteenth-century American families registered Lizzie outright in very large numbers, and it stood in the top twenty for girls through the 1880s, alongside Minnie, Bessie and Nellie.
Meaning
my God is an oath
Through Elizabeth, from the Hebrew Elisheva — el, 'God', and sheva, 'oath' or 'seven', two words linked in Hebrew. A second reading of the same elements gives 'my God is abundance'. Elisheva is named in Exodus as the wife of Aaron.
How the name formed
- Elisheva
- Elizabeth
- Liz
- Lizzie
Related forms: Elisheva · Liesel · Lizzy
Pronouncing Lizzie
LIZ-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. Lizzie and Lizzy are said identically.
Nicknames for Lizzie
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
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 1918727 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #62reached in 1882
- Change vs 2022
- +17.6%87 in 2025, from 74
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.
Lizzie in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Elisheva in Hebrew — related form
- Liesel in German — related form
- Lizzy in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: Pennsylvania, New York, Texas.
Lizzies among us
people named Lizzie are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 18,474 born in 2025 was named Lizzie
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Lizzie 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 Lizzie is headed
Lizzie 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.
Lizzie beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Lizzie in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Elizabeth stands behind it as one of the deepest names in the language.
- Liz is available as a plainer and more modern-sounding form.
- Warm and immediately easy to say.
- A notorious nineteenth-century murder trial attached itself firmly to the name.
- It is strongly period-coded to the late nineteenth century in American records.
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Feminine · #2139 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Lizzies are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 8,000 people named Lizzie are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Lizzie in 2025?
- Lizzie ranks #2139 among US girl names in 2025, with 87 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Lizzie?
- About 1 in every 18,474 US girls born in 2025 was named Lizzie — 87 in all.
- Will my child share the name Lizzie with classmates?
- Lizzie will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Lizzie
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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