Hebrew Elisheva, "my God is an oath" — god is my oath. Mother of John the Baptist, and the name of two English queens; it has never left the American top 30.
Elizabeth ranks 17th among American girls in 2025, with 6,765 born that year. Its best year was 1990, when 20,841 babies were given the name, ranking 9th. The typical living American called Elizabeth is about 45 years old today. It is relatively most common in Wyoming, where it accounts for 0.79% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.