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Elizabeth
Pronounced /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/
Rank in 2024
#13,742
Born in 2024
5
Peak year
1989 · #851
Origin
Hebrew
Also recorded for girls:6,878 in 2024 (#17)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 5 boys were named Elizabeth, about 1 in every 343,063.
- It peaked in 1989 with 140 babies, ranked #851.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 5,211 boys have been named Elizabeth since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Elizabeth per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 711 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 815 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 748 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 980 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,300 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 344 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 74 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (ʔĕlîšeḇaʕ, “my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba and Isabel.
- A female given name from Hebrew, popular since the 16th century.
- Origin
- Hebrew
- Say it
- /ɪˈlɪzəbəθ/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Elizabeth, CC BY-SA 4.0.