Lizbeth
Lizbeth was the 1305th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 171 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 133rd with 2,569 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 468 places. More babies were named Lizbeth in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Meaning variant of Elizabeth · English, Spanish, Hebrew
Say it LIZ-beth /ˈlɪzbɛθ/
- Rank in 2025
- #1,305 girls, down 167 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 171girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 20022,569 babies
- Total since 1880
- 25,949babies recorded
What does the name Lizbeth mean?
Lizbeth (Lisbeth) is a short form of Elizabeth, combining Liz and Beth, two of its most familiar pet forms. Elizabeth comes through Greek from the Hebrew Elisheva, "my God is an oath", the name of Aaron's wife and of the mother of John the Baptist. Wiktionary lists Lizbeth as a variant of Elizabeth. In the US Lizbeth was most common in the 2000s.
אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Biblical Hebrew, “Elisheva, "my God is an oath"”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Elizabeth, Lisbeth, Liz, Beth, Lizeth.
See also: Hebrew names, names that mean God.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Lizbeth', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Elizabeth', DMNES (Durham University)
- Wikipedia, 'Lisbeth', Wikipedia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Nicknames for Lizbeth
The usual nicknames for Lizbeth are Liz, Lizzie and Beth. Some parents skip the long form: for every 100 girls named Lizbeth in the last five years, 83 were named Liz, against 5 twenty years earlier.
| Nickname | Kind | Rank 2025 | Girls, 5 years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liz · also for Elizabeth | Traditional | #1,259 | 854 |
| Lizzie · also for Elizabeth, Eliza | Traditional | #2,145 | 418 |
| Beth · also for Elizabeth, Bethany | Traditional | #3,405 | 221 |
Nicknames reviewed by our editors; counts are girls given the nickname as their legal first name. Nobody records how many Lizbeths go by each one.
Lizbeth popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 31 since 1992.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,305 | 171 |
| 2020 | #1,138 | 209 |
| 2010 | #502 | 594 |
| 2000 | #364 | 817 |
| 1990 | #624 | 358 |
| 1980 | #1,414 | 88 |
| 1970 | #1,770 | 51 |
| 1960 | #1,549 | 52 |
| 1950 | #1,229 | 57 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Lizbeth, counting every spelling?
Lizbeth is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,132 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,305 for Lizbeth on its own. Together these spellings went to 195 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lizbeth | 171 | #1,305 | 1,024 |
| Lisbeth | 24 | #5,331 | 172 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Lizbeth?
171 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Lizbeth (0.05 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Lizbeth born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 49 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Lizbeth.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Lizbeth?
About 25,300 people born in the US named Lizbeth are alive today, with a median age of 23; half are between 18 and 28. That makes Lizbeth mostly worn by children and young adults.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Lizbeth by state
How common Lizbeth was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (2.7×). In 31 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Lizbeth: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Lizbeth, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Lizbeth · Sibling names for Lizbeth
Questions about the name Lizbeth
What does Lizbeth mean?
Lizbeth means “variant of Elizabeth” (English, Spanish, Hebrew origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Lizbeth?
Lizbeth was the 1305th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 171 babies. Its best year was 2002, when it ranked 133rd with 2,569 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 468 places. More babies were named Lizbeth in the 2000s than in any other decade.
Is Lizbeth a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Lizbeth in the US.
Where is Lizbeth most popular?
In 2021–2025, Lizbeth was most common in California (0.34 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Illinois.