Lizzie

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Lizzie or Lizzy is a diminutive form of Elizabeth, sometimes given as an independent name in the United States, especially in the late 19th century. Lizzie can also be the shortened version of Lizeth, Lissette or Lizette.

From Wikipedia

Lizzie first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1919 with 809 babies (rank #219 that year). In 2024 it was given to 79 girls (rank #2,332). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Lizzie

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Lizzie yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

6Destiny numberThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
1PersonalityThe leaderIndependent, pioneering, drawn to going first.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

39,537

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

809

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Peaky Blinders: Lizzie Stark — Tommy's eventual wife

Famous people named Lizzie

Lizzie verdab. 1860
Lizzie Velasquezautobiographer · b. 1989

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	388	#67
1881	396	#67
1882	495	#62
1883	496	#63
1884	523	#66
1885	537	#65
1886	512	#71
1887	525	#68
1888	593	#75
1889	570	#74
1890	620	#74
1891	525	#82
1892	597	#80
1893	584	#83
1894	562	#92
1895	543	#99
1896	508	#100
1897	543	#99
1898	582	#103
1899	492	#105
1900	657	#103
1901	458	#115
1902	504	#115
1903	458	#124
1904	420	#139
1905	476	#133
1906	449	#136
1907	462	#142
1908	436	#155
1909	504	#140
1910	505	#155
1911	441	#170
1912	548	#180
1913	532	#201
1914	551	#228
1915	657	#236
1916	669	#239
1917	646	#244
1918	727	#236
1919	809	#219
1920	711	#245
1921	665	#257
1922	684	#251
1923	625	#256
1924	581	#270
1925	636	#263
1926	543	#284
1927	562	#282
1928	475	#304
1929	487	#298
1930	494	#298
1931	406	#317
1932	416	#313
1933	405	#308
1934	357	#332
1935	401	#308
1936	310	#360
1937	316	#364
1938	295	#391
1939	284	#396
1940	290	#400
1941	349	#354
1942	298	#415
1943	294	#429
1944	265	#444
1945	263	#440
1946	291	#456
1947	273	#498
1948	279	#480
1949	247	#523
1950	244	#529
1951	227	#565
1952	202	#617
1953	180	#672
1954	205	#642
1955	180	#703
1956	151	#810
1957	127	#905
1958	127	#913
1959	122	#955
1960	115	#1,003
1961	102	#1,087
1962	81	#1,229
1963	110	#1,019
1964	104	#1,070
1965	83	#1,181
1966	64	#1,376
1967	59	#1,448
1968	66	#1,383
1969	60	#1,537
1970	57	#1,646
1971	54	#1,703
1972	44	#1,908
1973	48	#1,794
1974	40	#2,089
1975	57	#1,682
1976	45	#1,984
1977	42	#2,199
1978	38	#2,372
1979	41	#2,326
1980	31	#2,915
1981	48	#2,143
1982	40	#2,435
1983	43	#2,256
1984	28	#3,111
1985	39	#2,517
1986	35	#2,760
1987	33	#2,945
1988	44	#2,473
1989	26	#3,845
1990	37	#3,047
1991	39	#2,965
1992	32	#3,461
1993	26	#4,056
1994	39	#3,017
1995	24	#4,296
1996	26	#4,128
1997	29	#3,861
1998	35	#3,463
1999	39	#3,286
2000	49	#2,927
2001	51	#2,862
2002	45	#3,180
2003	104	#1,810
2004	78	#2,254
2005	83	#2,218
2006	76	#2,451
2007	74	#2,528
2008	49	#3,406
2009	57	#3,029
2010	48	#3,393
2011	59	#2,932
2012	60	#2,888
2013	60	#2,861
2014	65	#2,705
2015	69	#2,605
2016	71	#2,531
2017	63	#2,731
2018	39	#3,821
2019	69	#2,554
2020	66	#2,588
2021	83	#2,242
2022	74	#2,457
2023	94	#2,071
2024	79	#2,332