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Girl · Name family

Elizabeth

2,232,155births recorded
26Countries
12Variants
1965Peak · Ireland
#17United States 2025

Elizabeth is a girl name family recorded 2,232,155 times in 26 countries since 1880. It ranks highest today in the United States (#17 in 2025). Its all-time peak was in Ireland in 1965, at 1,248.5 births per 100,000. Elsewhere it is mostly given as Elisabeth (France), Elizaveta (Kazakhstan).

Popularity by country

Births per 100,000 newborns, all forms of the name combined.

Which form wins where

Births per 100,000 newborns for each form, in the selected country.

Rank in countries that publish top lists only

All forms of Elizabeth

VariantsLanguageTotal birthsCountryLatest rankPeak year10-year trend
Elizabeth English 1,693,973 🇺🇸 United States #17 1887 ▼ 23 %
Elizabeth English 64,054 🇦🇷 Argentina #512 1971 ▲ 6 %
Elizabeth English 51,721 🇨🇦 Ontario #37 1939 ▼ 25 %
Elizabeth English 39,849 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #74 1996 ▼ 43 %
Elizabeth English 22,247 🇦🇺 New South Wales #83 1952 –
Elizabeth English 15,078 🇮🇪 Ireland #76 1965 ▼ 17 %
Elisabeth French 163,565 🇫🇷 France #355 1953 ▲ 79 %
Elisabeth French 48,045 🇺🇸 United States #925 2001 ▼ 22 %
Elisabeth French 12,654 🇦🇹 Austria #87 1984 ▼ 22 %
Elisabeth French 6,823 🇦🇷 Argentina #2220 1937 ▼ 8 %
Elisabeth French 4,617 🇨🇦 Québec #66 1996 ▲ 18 %
Elisabeth French 2,243 🇧🇪 Belgium #120 2024 ▲ 36 %
Elizaveta Russian 18,088 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan #169 2004 ▼ 74 %
Elizaveta Russian 461 🇺🇸 United States #6838 2014 ▼ 29 %
Elizaveta Russian 127 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales #4201 2014 ▲ 2 %
Elizaveta Russian 75 🇫🇷 France – 2014 –
Elizaveta Russian 75 🇵🇱 Poland #381 2022 –
Elizaveta Russian 25 🇨🇦 Québec – 2008 –
Elisabet Spanish 12,106 🇦🇷 Argentina #1819 1966 ▼ 11 %
Elisabet Spanish 1,520 🇺🇸 United States #8860 1989 ▼ 47 %
Elisabet Spanish 763 🇪🇸 Catalonia – 1998 –
Elisabet Spanish 137 🇸🇪 Sweden #651 2019 ▲ 59 %
Elisabet Spanish 60 🇫🇷 France – 1975 –
Elizabet English 4,754 🇦🇷 Argentina #1992 1979 ▲ 40 %
Elizabet English 2,958 🇭🇺 Hungary #38 2025 –
Elizabet English 1,761 🇺🇸 United States #11932 1989 ▼ 30 %
Elizabet English 55 🇫🇷 France – 1974 –
Elizabet English 18 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2020 –
Elizabet English 17 🇵🇱 Poland – 2022 –
Elżbieta Polish 4,138 🇵🇱 Poland #119 2000 ▲ 11 %
Elżbieta Polish 31 🇺🇸 United States – 2001 –
Elżbieta Polish 15 🇫🇷 France – 1926 –
Elżbieta Polish 6 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1947 –
Elżbieta Polish 6 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2013 –
Alzbeta English 863 🇨🇿 Czechia #41 2022 –
Alzbeta English 10 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2016 –
Elisabetta Italian 359 🇺🇸 United States #14942 2014 ▼ 57 %
Elisabetta Italian 260 🇨🇦 Ontario – 1968 –
Elisabetta Italian 95 🇫🇷 France – 1968 –
Elisabetta Italian 64 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2011 –
Elisabetta Italian 30 🇦🇷 Argentina – 1933 –
Elisabetta Italian 23 🇨🇭 Switzerland – 2010 –
Elyzabeth English 566 🇺🇸 United States #10917 2011 ▼ 63 %
Elyzabeth English 134 🇨🇦 Québec – 2010 –
Elyzabeth English 5 🇫🇷 France #6603 2025 –
Elisabete Portuguese 650 🇫🇷 France – 1975 –
Elysabeth French 192 🇺🇸 United States – 2001 –
Elysabeth French 110 🇨🇦 Québec – 2013 –
Elysabeth French 95 🇫🇷 France – 1974 –
Elizabete French 255 🇫🇷 France – 1974 –
Elizabete French 75 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England & Wales – 2013 –
Elizabete French 15 🇮🇪 Ireland – 2007 –
Elizabete French 10 🇺🇸 United States – 1978 –

Names with a similar trajectory

Their popularity curve in Ireland correlates closely with Elizabeth's.

  1. 1Eileen
  2. 2Carmela
  3. 3Margaret
  4. 4Mary
  5. 5Angela
  6. 6Josephine

How we grouped these names

  • Elizabeth ↔ Elisabeth — checked by hand
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elisabet — checked by hand
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elisabetta — checked by hand
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elizabete — checked by hand
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elizaveta — checked by hand
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elżbieta — checked by hand
  • Elizabeth ↔ Alzbeta — checked by hand
  • Elisabete ↔ Elizabete — spelling variant
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elizabet — spelling variant
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elyzabeth — spelling variant
  • Elizabeth ↔ Elysabeth — spelling variant

Questions about Elizabeth

How popular is the name Elizabeth?

In 2025 it ranked #17 in the United States. Official registers record 2,232,155 births across 26 countries.

What is Elizabeth in other languages?

Elisabeth (French); Elizaveta (Russian); Elisabet (Spanish); Elizabet (English); Elżbieta (Polish); Alzbeta (English); Elisabetta (Italian); Elyzabeth (English); Elisabete (Portuguese); Elysabeth (French).

When was Elizabeth most popular?

It peaked in Ireland in 1965, at 1,248.5 births per 100,000.

Is Elizabeth a boy or a girl name?

In official birth registers, Elizabeth is a girl name.