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.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Elizaveta with official rankings and popularity over time.
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
Census
Elizaveta in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 1,477 people with the first name Elizaveta, which placed it at #9,405 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#9,405
National first-name rank
People counted
1.5K
1,477 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.5
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
White
95.9% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Elizaveta
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Elizaveta is White at 95.9%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (1.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (1.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Elizaveta described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Elizaveta at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- White95.9% · 1,417
- Two or more races1.6% · 24
- Asian and Pacific Islander1.2% · 17
- Hispanic or Latino0.8% · 12
- Black or African American0.5% · 7
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.
How common was Elizaveta in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 1,477 people with the name Elizaveta, or 0.49 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #9,405 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Elizaveta in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Elizaveta?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Elizaveta appears almost entirely female. Of the 1,477 people counted with this name, 99.9% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Elizaveta?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Elizaveta is White at 95.9%. The next largest groups are Two or More Races (1.6%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (1.2%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Elizaveta most often in the Census?
White is the largest reported group for people named Elizaveta in the 2020 Census, accounting for 95.9% (1,417 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Elizaveta in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
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.
Is Elizaveta still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Elizaveta in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Elizaveta can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
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.
How many Americans are named Elizaveta?
If you just want to know how many people share the name Elizaveta, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.