Girls' name · peaked in 2002
Lizbeth name popularity since 1925
25,943 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Lizbeth. Half of them were born in 2003 or earlier, so the typical Lizbeth is about 23 years old in 2026. Lizbeth peaked in 2002 as the #133 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 25,943
- Named Lizbeth, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,305 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.9% girls
- 25,912 girls · 31 boys
- Most popular in
- California
- 3.44× its national share
Peak year is the year Lizbeth made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Lizbeth births per year, 1925–2025
2002 was the biggest year for Lizbeth both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1997 and 2002, Lizbeth became 5.5× more common, from 1 in 3,830 baby girls to 1 in 699.
- Steepest fall: Between 2003 and 2008, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 803 to 1 in 2,140.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Lizbeth's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Lizbeth.
Decade by decade
Babies named Lizbeth in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 159 | 0 | #3,282 |
| 1950s | 632 | 0 | #1,179 |
| 1960s | 452 | 0 | #1,661 |
| 1970s | 512 | 0 | #1,697 |
| 1980s | 1,245 | 0 | #1,390 |
| 1990s | 4,979 | 6 | #497 |
| 2000s | 12,940 | 25 | #278 |
| 2010s | 3,760 | 0 | #837 |
| 2020–25 | 1,233 | 0 | #1,305 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
64.0% of babies named Lizbeth from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Lizbeth is most popular
The index compares Lizbeth's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Lizbeth.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| California | 3.44× | 8,621 |
| Arizona | 2.71× | 830 |
| Texas | 2.32× | 4,306 |
| Illinois | 1.46× | 1,679 |
| Colorado | 1.43× | 418 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Lizbeth and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Lizbeth (this page) | 25,912 | 2002 |
| Lisbeth | 5,862 | 2002 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Lizbeth's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Lizbeth.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Lizbeth (2002).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data