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This name (which, unfortunately, is mine) has simply been too common for too long. Even similar (and prettier, imo) classics like Catherine don't suffer from anything even close to its insane popularity- you have to reach back quite a way to find a time period in which Elizabeth wasn't common. Really, with all the names in the world, it's strange (and a bit sad) that one has become so overused. Yes, it has a lot of nns to choose from, but that can be an annoyance if you simply want to go by your full name, believe me. I have quite a time convincing my friends and such to call me Elisabeth- not Liz, Lizzy, etc, which it is always automatically shortened to.