Fun Facts About the Name Alizabeth
- More than 1 thousand babies named Alizabeth: U.S. records list 1,868 babies given the name Alizabeth from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Alizabeth Mean?
Alizabeth is a spelling variant of Elizabeth, a name that comes from the Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elisheva). The Hebrew name joins אֵל (El), a word for God, to a second element that can be read as שֶׁבַע (sheva), meaning "oath," or as "seven," a number associated with fullness or completeness. The usual translation, "God is my oath," follows the first reading; the alternative sense, "my God is abundance," follows the second. Both readings are traditional, and the exact nuance of the second element is not settled among scholars.
Because Alizabeth uses the same Hebrew components as Elizabeth, its meaning is the same. The altered first letter and the z do not come from a different root; they are spelling changes applied to the older name.
Alizabeth Name History & Origins
The name reached English through Greek and Latin. The Hebrew Elisheva was rendered in Greek as Ἐλισάβετ (Elisabet) and in Latin as Elisabeth and Elizabetha. From Latin it passed into Old French and then into Middle English as Elizabeth, the form that became standard in English. The Hebrew name appears in the Bible for the wife of Aaron (Exodus 6:23), and the Greek form is used in the New Testament for the mother of John the Baptist (Luke 1), a figure who helped carry the name through Christian Europe.
English has long tolerated a wide range of spellings of this name, including Elisabeth, Elisabet, and Elizabet. Alizabeth belongs to that set of respellings. Its initial A in place of E is a relatively recent written variation rather than a form with its own separate history; the z reflects the voiced sound the letter s takes between vowels in English and in several other languages that use the name. The name is rare compared with Elizabeth, and there is no distinct body of historical or religious tradition attached to this particular spelling.
Names that look similar should not be confused with it. Aliza is a separate Hebrew name meaning "joy," and Alice developed from a different Germanic root. Isabel and its relatives are genuine offshoots of Elizabeth, but they followed their own route through medieval French and Spanish, not through the A-initial spelling.
How Popular is the Name Alizabeth?
Alizabeth has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2007. Its best rank was #2,177 in 2007.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,566 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2024 | #7,582 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2023 | #5,254 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2022 | #5,317 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #4,098 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2020 | #4,079 | 34 | 0.0021% |
| 2019 | #5,166 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2018 | #4,006 | 36 | 0.0021% |
| 2017 | #2,964 | 55 | 0.0032% |
| 2016 | #2,617 | 67 | 0.0038% |
| 2015 | #3,483 | 45 | 0.0025% |
| 2014 | #3,369 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 2013 | #3,045 | 54 | 0.0031% |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | 0.0029% |
| 2011 | #2,842 | 61 | 0.0035% |
| 2010 | #2,644 | 68 | 0.0038% |
| 2009 | #2,895 | 60 | 0.0033% |
| 2008 | #2,380 | 81 | 0.0043% |
| 2007 | #2,177 | 91 | 0.0047% |
| 2006 | #2,355 | 80 | 0.0042% |
| 2005 | #2,526 | 68 | 0.0037% |
| 2004 | #2,811 | 57 | 0.0031% |
| 2003 | #2,674 | 59 | 0.0032% |
| 2002 | #2,891 | 51 | 0.0028% |
| 2001 | #2,637 | 57 | 0.0032% |
| 2000 | #2,977 | 47 | 0.0026% |
| 1999 | #2,784 | 49 | 0.0028% |
| 1998 | #2,798 | 47 | 0.0027% |
| 1997 | #2,876 | 42 | 0.0024% |
| 1996 | #2,901 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1995 | #3,152 | 36 | 0.0020% |
| 1994 | #2,879 | 41 | 0.0023% |
| 1993 | #2,824 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1992 | #2,978 | 39 | 0.0021% |
| 1991 | #3,445 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 1990 | #3,367 | 32 | 0.0017% |
| 1989 | #3,572 | 28 | 0.0015% |
| 1988 | #3,693 | 25 | 0.0014% |
| 1987 | #4,478 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1986 | #4,031 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1985 | #6,471 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #6,307 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1983 | #6,729 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #5,926 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1981 | #8,153 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1979 | #5,761 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1978 | #8,591 | 6 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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