Lisbeth

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Lisbeth: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Lisbeth: Recorded since 1945, it reached #37 in 1961, and it was last ranked in 2015.

2registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
71years from first to last
#37highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Lisbeth's record

Held a top-100 place for 29 years running. Names by top-100 run

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2012–2015

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2012	#2969
2013	#4050
2014	#4684
2015	#4736

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 61 of the 69 years from 1945 to 2013.

In 2013: #581 among girls in Norway, #4050 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1945–2015 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1945
First recorded at #71 among girls in Norway in 1945 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1945–2013
Highest recorded position: #37 among girls in Norway, in 1961 (recorded 1945–2013).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2015
Most recently recorded at #4736 among girls in England and Wales, in 2015.
England and Wales · Girls

Lisbeth appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1945, and has registered 5,872 births with the name.

Lisbeth across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Lisbeth's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#71 (1945)	#37 (1961)	#581 (2013)	61 of 69	5,872 (1945–2013)	224 (1961)
England and Wales · Girls	#2969 (2012)	#2969 (2012)	#4736 (2015)	4 of 4	21 (2012–2015)	8 (2012)

Lisbeth by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Lisbeth in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1940s	534	5 of 10	107
1950s	1,851	10 of 10	185
1960sbusiest	1,873	10 of 10	187
1970s	958	10 of 10	96
1980s	448	10 of 10	45
1990s	180	10 of 10	18
2000s	24	5 of 10	5
2010s	4	1 of 10	4

Across Norway · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade, averaging 187 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1961 and 1962, when recorded births fell by 52, from 224 to 172.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Lisbeth appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #37 in Norway in 1961.

Lisbeth's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#581	4	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#601	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#607	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#608	4	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#604	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#423	8	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#522	6	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#280	15	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#306	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#334	12	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#280	16	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#291	15	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#235	22	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#256	20	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#198	31	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#200	30	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#191	34	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#152	45	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#187	34	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#138	49	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#156	41	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#163	38	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#127	50	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#137	50	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#114	58	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#130	49	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#99	70	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#105	64	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#87	77	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#81	92	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#80	94	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#101	69	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#76	98	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#61	129	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#62	128	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#58	137	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#51	185	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#53	167	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#47	179	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#56	157	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#46	203	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#49	192	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#42	213	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#56	172	High	Verified
1961	Norway	female	#37	224	High	Verified
1960	Norway	female	#49	181	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#49	194	High	Verified
1958	Norway	female	#50	195	High	Verified
1957	Norway	female	#52	187	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#50	202	High	Verified
1955	Norway	female	#48	203	High	Verified
1954	Norway	female	#48	178	High	Verified
1953	Norway	female	#45	192	High	Verified
1952	Norway	female	#49	162	High	Verified
1951	Norway	female	#42	181	High	Verified
1950	Norway	female	#44	157	High	Verified
1949	Norway	female	#50	132	High	Verified
1948	Norway	female	#62	103	High	Verified
1947	Norway	female	#63	107	High	Verified
1946	Norway	female	#64	110	High	Verified
1945	Norway	female	#71	82	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1945 and 2015, ranked in 64 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #37, first reached in 1961.

It held a top-100 place in 33 years, 29 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 224 births, registered in Norway in 1961.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 67 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Lisa-Marie · #318, 29y
Lisbet · #110, 45y
Lise · #33, 81y
Liss · #131, 44y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Roar · #36, 69y
Eline · #32, 65y
Sunniva · #32, 66y
Kirsti · #43, 63y

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1940 and 1949.

Rigmor · #37, 41y
Rose · #37, 78y
Bodil · #36, 53y
Ingeborg · #36, 81y

Lisbeth was ranked #37 in Norway · Girls in 1961. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Lisbeth and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Lisbeth without appearing here.

Lisbeth moved ahead of

Unni Compare
In 1974 they stood at #101 and #90 in Norway · Girls; by 1975 that had become #80 and #128.
Wenche Compare
In 2007 they stood at #604 and #574 in Norway · Girls; by 2008 that had become #601 and #621.
Torill Compare
In 1962 they stood at #56 and #51 in Norway · Girls; by 1963 that had become #42 and #58.
Sissel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #608 and #473 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #581 and #591.

Moved ahead of Lisbeth

Alice Compare
In 1998 they stood at #280 and #298 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #522 and #198.
Maya Compare
In 1998 they stood at #280 and #295 in Norway · Girls; by 1999 that had become #522 and #201.
Zara Compare
In 2004 they stood at #604 and #619 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #608 and #323.
Josephine Compare
In 2002 they stood at #423 and #453 in Norway · Girls; by 2003 that had become #604 and #329.

Moved the opposite way to Lisbeth

Ada Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 while Ada went from #229 to #52.
Alma Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 while Alma went from #293 to #30.
Anna Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 while Anna went from #38 to #8.
Elise Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 while Elise went from #223 to #44.

Moved the same way as Lisbeth

Anita Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 and Anita from #162 to #413.
Ann Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 and Ann from #82 to #377.
Anne Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 and Anne from #1 to #89.
Annie Compare
Between 1945 and 2013 in Norway · Girls, Lisbeth went from #71 to #581 and Annie from #180 to #379.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1945 to 2015. Highest recorded position: #37 in Norway in 1961. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Lisbeth

Lisbeth at a glance

What stands out in Lisbeth's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Lisbeth across 2 official records

Lisbeth by decade in Norway · Girls

Lisbeth appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Lisbeth

Lisbeth and the names beside it

Lisbeth moved ahead of

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Lisbeth at a glance

What stands out in Lisbeth's record

Lisbeth across 2 official records

Lisbeth by decade in Norway · Girls

Lisbeth appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1940s

Names published alongside Lisbeth

Lisbeth and the names beside it

Lisbeth moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Lisbeth

Moved the opposite way to Lisbeth

Moved the same way as Lisbeth