Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Elisabeth

Gender

Female

Origin

Hebrew
Consecrated to God
God is my oath
French

Syllables

4

Themes

  • Biblical

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Elisabeth

Pronunciation

e-lisabe-th, el(i)-sa-beth

Famous People

Talk show host Elisabeth Hasselback, Actress Elisabeth Shue, Actress Elisabeth Rohm, Actress Elisabeth Moss

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Steve Carell

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1989 (rank #4809, 10 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2001 (rank #286, 1,091 births); most recent 2025 (rank #925, 282 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–282
2024–292
2023–257
2022–272
2021–254
2020–261
2019–293
2018–349
2017–359
2016–427

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #380, 88 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1029, 33 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
202533
202422
202331
202233
202135
202043
201946
201843
201774
201651

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 1954 (rank #680, 7 births); most recent 1971 (rank #1718, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1953 (rank #24, 4,450 births); most recent 2023 (rank #286, 215 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023–215
2022–200
2021–209
2020–198
2019–189
2018–199
2017–177
2016–183
2015–156
2014–171

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2019 (rank #498, 7 births); most recent 2025 (rank #850, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
20253
20243
2023–
20223
2021–
20204
20197
2018–
20173
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2010 (rank #336, 11 births); most recent 2025 (rank #780, 3 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
20253
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
20173
20163

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 1963 (rank #223, 14 births); most recent 2021 (rank #565, 6 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
20216
2020–
2019–
2018–
20175
20165
20158
20148

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence