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Baby name
Elisabeth
Girl
Origin of the name
Elisabeth comes from the Hebrew Elisheva, translated as “God is my oath.” In the New Testament, it is the name of the mother of John the Baptist.
Classic name
48,018births since 1880
2000sgeneration
No. 286rank at its peak, in 2001
Where babies named Elisabeth are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Elisabeth is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Elisabeth is most common in Massachusetts (1.9 times), Utah (1.7) and Washington (1.6), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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