A liquid ejection head includes a print element substrate having an ejection surface on which a plurality of ejection ports corresponding to print elements for ejecting liquid are formed and a plurality of ejection port arrays formed of a plurality of the ejection ports are formed and a protective member having a plurality of openings and placed on the print element substrate so that the plurality of openings and the plurality of ejection port arrays are aligned so as to correspond to each other, and one or more print element number identifiers for identifying one or more print element numbers assigned to the print elements are at one or more locations above the ejection port arrays and near at least one of the plurality of openings on the protective member.