Female name
Elisabeth
1,828 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1996.
Origin
The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).From Wiktionary, entry “Elisabeth”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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In England and Wales
Peak in 1996: 88 births. 1,828 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. It is still given: 154 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 2001: 1,093 births. 48,045 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1960s to the 2010s. It is still given: 1,358 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
In Ireland
Peak in 2009: 7 births. 81 births from 1964 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Central Statistics Office, Irish Babies' Names, CC BY 4.0.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 163,565 | 1900–2025 | 23rd in 1952 |
| Switzerland | 29,084* | 1915–2025 | — |
| Austria | 12,654 | 1984–2025 | 5th in 1985 |
| Quebec | 4,605 | 1980–2025 | 50th in 1996 |
| Berlin | 2,428 | 2012–2023 | 11th in 2018 |
| Argentina | 1,116 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Belgium | 254 | 2014–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first); RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Statbel, first names of newborns, CC BY 4.0 (one total for the whole period, no yearly breakdown).
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