Will Elizabeth rocket up the charts...

Yes, I think most of us could have a good go at putting the following in order of age:

Christine
Kerry
Lisa
Doreen
Julie
Harper

Elizabeth, Anne, Katherine and Mary could be any age.

@Glassofshloer I also disagree with this. Just because names that were popular 80-100 years a go are “back” doesn’t mean you can’t pretty accurately guess how old a Nigel, Angela and Gary are.
A Mabel is likely to be an old woman or a 5 year old girl.
There are some very clear current trends for cutesy and twee names and for vowel heavy girls names like Evie / Eva / Ava etc and that trend will end inevitably. I do genuinely think that in 2045 you will see a job application from Alfie or Evie and know they are around 25-30 years old.

It’s not about making you seem younger but just, I mean at work when you get an email from a Nigel you can pretty much guarantee he is approaching retirement age. The whole (sexist and ageist) point of the “Karen” thing is that Karen represents a late middle aged woman and apparently 55 year old women are apparently ok to make fun of.

@Glassofshloer, I'm not saying it makes you younger but some names date badly

An acquaintance has a DD called Shannon and the name firmly puts her in an age group, and you can guess her age as the name became very popular for only a few years.

Karen is another one. It says 'born in the 1960s'.

A name like Oliver or Tom doesn't say middle aged or 20-24.

Having a common name can also be an advantage in the internet age as more difficult to find on social media

I like them and dull is better than dated.
I have a classic name and it seemed dull compared to the Traceys, Michelles , Lynseys and Karens I was at school with.

My name is popular again now.

Not a fan of ‘classic’ names as I find them dull. I have one and it’s awful.

I only know one little Elizabeth and she gets called Lizzie
I know lots of little Isabel(le/a)s

• Everyone knows how to spell and pronounce it, it’s not a controversial youneek name
• No one will ever be able to guess how old your DD is or make any assumptions on the name. An Elizabeth could easily be 2 years old, 42 or 82.
• Despite this, she’ll probably be the only Elizabeth at nursery, in her school class etc.

The name Elizabeth makes me taste jam like the sticky jam that’s in Jamie dodgers.

Elizabeth is my middle name and I really didn't like it until fairly recently.

Over 60 years later, I so wish my parents had called me Elizabeth rather than the name I do have, although one of their choices was Karen and seeing how that name has been hijacked and become something sneeringly used to put down women, I am glad they didn't call me that.

you could always go with Lilibet

i know of a 2 year old elizabeth

i dont think so

Usually one form is popular at a time.
In my grandparents' age group it was Elsie or Bessie, parents' age group it was Betty, then Liz, in my age group Lisa, then Beth, then Isabelle/a, then Eliza, Libby and Elsie

Also Isabel, Isabelle, Isobel, Ishbel, Isabella, Elisabeth, Elisabet, Lisaveta
Lisabetta, Leusa, Lusa, Liesl...

for DD we use her full name.

she has family nicknames though, none are related to her name.
although when she & DS6 play horses he has to call her Bessie🤣

Beautiful classic name that won't date and has lots of potential variants. I think it unlikely that it'll surge in popularity when the Queen dies. It doesn't tend to happen with deaths.

….her Libby….

Ds would have been a 25 year old Elizabeth. We would have called him Libby. I still like it.

I think with Elizabeth you have to consider the nicknames and whether you like them, particularly Liz.

Elspeth

I think Elizabeth has been gaining in popularity for a few years. I know Elizabeths of every decade, but quite a few in their 20s down to babyhood.

maybe

I wanted Elizabeth since forever. nothing to do with the Queen, just loved it.
had 5 boys before I could use it when DD was born in 2012 and I was a bit concerned the name might get suddenly overused because of the Queen's jubilee and that people would assume there was a connection for us.
but I can't say that in the 9 years since we've even met another Elizabeth that's DD age (or even older) through school.
the only I met was a baby at a craft show, a year younger than DD, born in the same month and had the same middle name too!
that's it.
we don't know anyone else!

Would people of childbearing age and especially younger generations be such hardcore royalists they'd name their kid after a dead Queen?
I don't see that. maybe as a middle name.

go for it OP.

We called one of our children Elizabeth - but we never actually called her that. We chose it because we knew it would give her the chance to pick any of the shortened versions for the name she wanted to use.

A poster above has pointed out all the possible shortened versions. So even if the queen does not do the decent thing but lives for ever, and their is a surge in the name's popularity, there are lots of choices within it.