Lizzie

Meaning: My God is an oath; my God is abundance
Origin: Variant of Elizabeth (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #2145 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Popularity over time

Lizzie is an heirloom: its strongest era came around 1882, when it ranked #62. It has thinned since but never left the records — about 40,000 girls since 1880, ranked #2145 today. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Lizzie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 8 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Lizzie ranks in other countries and regions.

#670 in Ireland (2025) · #688 in Netherlands (2025) · #858 in France (2025) · #1,089 in Belgium (2025) · #1,299 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,502 in Canada (2024).

Famous Lizzies

Lizzie Borden — American woman tried and acquitted of the 1892 Fall River axe murders (1860–1927)
Lizzie Deignan — English track and road racing cyclist
Lizzie Velasquez — American motivational speaker
Lizzie Brocheré — French actress
Lizzie Doron — Israeli writer

In stories & tradition

Lizzie — Olympic mascot
Lizzie Spaulding — Guiding Light (TV series)
Lizzie Saltzman^fi — The Vampire Diaries (TV series)

What Lizzies become

Among 213 notable people named Lizzie:

Entertainers appear 1.91× more often than among typical names — e.g. Lizzie Brocheré, French actress.

Similar names: Liza · Arie · Leana · Susie · Abbie · Izzy

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