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Girl's name · #925 in the US (2025) · 80s wave
Elisabeth reached its best rank, #286, in 2001 and ranked #925 in 2025. About 48,000 girls have carried it since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.
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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 28 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.
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#87 in Austria (2025) · #120 in Belgium (2025) · #172 in Norway (2025) · #202 in Netherlands (2025) · #226 in Switzerland (2025) · #303 in Sweden (2025) · #349 in France (2025) · #523 in Poland (2025) · #864 in Scotland (2025) · #970 in Ireland (2025) · #1,036 in England & Wales (2025) · #286 in Canada (2024).
Among 4,725 notable people named Elisabeth:
Medical professionals appear 2.15× more often than among typical names — e.g. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, Swiss-American psychiatrist and pioneer in near-death studies (1926–2004).
Elisabeth is a rare spelling of Elizabeth — about 4% of babies given the name are written this way; Elizabeth itself ranked #17 in 2025.
About 1,300 girls a year are given Lilly as their full name and 280 Lisa.
Similar names: Elise · Janelle · Elissa · Simone · Lizbeth · Elliot
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