Elizaveta
Divine promise; vowed to God; pledged to the Lord.
Name Census estimates that about 440 living Americans carry the first name Elizaveta. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Elizaveta today is around 13 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Elizaveta births was 2014 (33 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Elizaveta. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
440
~ 1 in 778,987 Americans
Peak year
2014
33 babies that year
Average age
13
years old
2024 SSA rank
#11,346
Tracked since 2000
Popularity
Elizaveta: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Elizaveta from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 256 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2010s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Elizaveta by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Elizaveta during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Elizavetas live
The SSA's state-level files cover 3 states and territories. Florida, California, New York recorded the most babies named Elizaveta, while New York, California, Florida recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 33 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Elizaveta
Elizaveta is a Russian feminine given name derived from the Hebrew name Elisheva, meaning "God is my oath" or "consecrated to God". It is the Russian form of the name Elizabeth, which has its roots in the biblical figure Elizabeth, the mother of John the Baptist.
The name Elizaveta first appeared in Russia in the 10th century, when the Russian Orthodox Church adopted the Julian calendar and began using Christian names. It became particularly popular among the Russian nobility and royalty, with several princesses and empresses bearing the name throughout history.
One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Elizaveta is found in the Primary Chronicle, a 12th-century historical text that chronicles the founding of the Kievan Rus'. The chronicle mentions a Princess Elizaveta, the daughter of Prince Svyatoslav I of Kiev, who lived in the late 10th century.
In the 16th century, the name gained prominence with the reign of Elizaveta Petrovna, the daughter of Peter the Great and the Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762. Her reign is known as the "Russian Enlightenment" due to her efforts to modernize and westernize the country.
Another notable bearer of the name was Grand Duchess Elizaveta Fyodorovna, a German princess who married into the Russian imperial family and became renowned for her charitable works and eventual martyrdom during the Russian Revolution. She was born in 1864 and canonized as a saint in the Russian Orthodox Church in 1992.
In the world of literature, the name Elizaveta is associated with the character Elizaveta Prokofieva from Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment," published in 1866. Her character serves as a symbol of purity and innocence in the novel.
Other famous individuals named Elizaveta include Elizaveta Bykova (1913-1989), a Soviet aviator and World War II fighter pilot; Elizaveta Chernysheva (1737-1805), a Russian noble and closest friend of Catherine the Great; and Elizaveta Durnovo (1834-1881), a Russian philanthropist and founder of the first higher education institution for women in Russia.
People
Elizaveta + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Elizaveta as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with E
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Elizaveta: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Elizaveta?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 440 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Elizaveta going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 778,987 US residents.
Is Elizaveta a common name?
We classify Elizaveta as "Very Rare". It ranks above 83.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 444 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Elizaveta most popular?
The single biggest year for Elizaveta was 2014, when 33 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Elizaveta is about 13 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Elizaveta a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Elizaveta in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.