girl's name

Elisabet

  • Origin Norse
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,587

Elisabet is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Elisabet is a name of Norse origin.
  • Peaked in 1989, when 51 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 301,477 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1961.

Elisabet over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Elisabet by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 36
1970s 171
1980s 327
1990s 340
2000s 324
2010s 237
2020s (to 2025) 85

How popular is Elisabet?

In 2025, Elisabet was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Elisabet is used

England & Wales #5,391 4 in 2019
France #7,266 5 in 2018
United States #9,284 11 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Elisabet

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Elisabet also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Elisabet over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Elisabet

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Elisabet — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Elisabet

How popular is the name Elisabet?

In 2025, Elisabet was given to 11 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Elisabet a girl's or a boy's name?

Elisabet is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Elisabet most popular?

Elisabet peaked in 1989, when 51 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Elisabet a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Elisabet currently ranks #9,284 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.