Elisabeth

#925 for girls in 2025, 282 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #4,811
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2001 · 1,093 births
Debut · girls
24 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
48,018
since 1880

Elisabeth over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elisabeth has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #286, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#925282
2024#908292
2023#994257
2022#978272
2021#1,002255
2020#976261
2019#906293
2018#782349
2017#771359
2016#684427
2015#708403
2014#602489
2013#608461
2012#617465
2011#603476
2010#588499
2009#551554
2008#522586
2007#508628
2006#497613
2005#444682
2004#434702
2003#423710
2002#363824
2001#2861,093
2000#390735
1999#402694
1998#382740
1997#328865
1996#366739
1995#374701
1994#360727
1993#334788
1992#341760
1991#353734
1990#348765
1989#311813#4,81110
1988#346714
1987#339722
1986#340705
1985#313771#6,5235
1984#302791
1983#328704
1982#304804#5,6196
1981#321735
1980#322752
1979#362626#5,3556
1978#359589
1977#372576
1976#404497
1975#429460
1974#447413
1973#480373
1972#500353
1971#483399
1970#475427
1969#476411
1968#461437
1967#434468
1966#443445
1965#440458
1964#462439
1963#447466
1962#482401
1961#509369
1960#498378
1959#538327
1958#532331
1957#539316
1956#526312
1955#613229
1954#554259
1953#599218
1952#620201
1951#639184
1950#613187
1949#613182
1948#624175
1947#592207
1946#655146
1945#599148
1944#599150
1943#629146
1942#613149
1941#601138
1940#652114
1939#589129
1938#604128
1937#575137
1936#600120
1935#621109
1934#591122
1933#578123
1932#624114
1931#527156
1930#564146
1929#551153
1928#564156
1927#534177
1926#517182
1925#523184
1924#495200
1923#505189
1922#462222
1921#435245
1920#413259
1919#393273
1918#382292
1917#344331
1916#371278
1915#373261
1914#359217
1913#362180
1912#404131
1911#40996
1910#390102
1909#38593
1908#38389
1907#37090
1906#37682
1905#35788
1904#44553
1903#40760
1902#44050
1901#42151
1900#45754
1899#40252
1898#38066
1897#38257
1896#40350
1895#43343
1894#36758
1893#38748
1892#35855
1891#49727
1890#54823
1889#35845
1888#43133
1887#37233
1886#31843
1885#35432
1884#34932
1883#35426
1882#32629
1881#31725
1880#32624
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elisabeth was already there! It came in at #326, and was given to 24 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890–1891, when fewer than 28 girls a year got the name.

Where Elisabeth is popular in 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMNIllinois: #558 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 9,510 girlsILWisconsin: #337 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,957 girlsWIMichigan: #425 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,005 girlsMINew York: #351 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 4,391 girlsNYMassachusetts: #221 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 2,424 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #343 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 4,878 girlsPANew Jersey: #342 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,862 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #505 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,175 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #348 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,232 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#221 · 1 in 2,424
  2. Wisconsin#337 · 1 in 3,957
  3. New Jersey#342 · 1 in 4,862
  4. Pennsylvania#343 · 1 in 4,878
  5. South Carolina#348 · 1 in 3,232

Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#221131 in 2,424
Wisconsin#33761 in 3,957
New Jersey#34261 in 4,862
Pennsylvania#343171 in 4,878
South Carolina#34861 in 3,232
New York#351221 in 4,391
Michigan#42571 in 6,005
North Carolina#50551 in 7,175
Illinois#55861 in 9,510
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Elisabeth
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 17 spots since 2024 (#908#925)
  • 51 spots since 2020 (#976#925)
  • 217 spots since 2015 (#708#925)
  • Biggest jump: 139 spots in 1892 (#497#358)
  • Biggest drop: 190 spots in 1890 (#358#548)
Rise & fade · girls
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2001 at #286 (1,093 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2020
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,647
  • Highest: 1 in 1,647 girls born in 2001 were named Elisabeth (0.06%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,700 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 15.6% of all girls named Elisabeth (7,513) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s322#317 (1881)#351
1890s479#358 (1892)#416
1900s710#357 (1905)#404
1910s2,161#344 (1917)#379
1920s1,967#413 (1920)#500
1930s1,284#527 (1931)#587
1940s1,555#592 (1947)#618
1950s2,564#526 (1956)#577
1960s4,272#434 (1967)#465
1970s4,713#359 (1978)#431
1980s7,511#302 (1984)#323
1990s7,513#328 (1997)#359
2000s7,127#286 (2001)#442
2010s4,221#588 (2010)#687
2020s1,619#908 (2024)#964

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Elisabeth in 1929

girls
#551
153 births · 1 in 7,298 girls

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #551Elisabeth153
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 7,298 of them was named Elisabeth, which outranked 89.6% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisabeth
  1. #548Billy155
  2. #548Isabella155
  3. #550Ofelia154
  4. #551Elisabeth153
  5. #551Carolina153
  6. #551Charline153
  7. #551Gussie153
  8. #556Gretchen152
  9. #557Madonna151
  10. #557Reta151

Tied with 4 names at #551; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1929