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
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 1,093 births
- Debut · girls
- 24 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 48,018since 1880
Elisabeth over time
Rank among girls' names. Elisabeth has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #925 | 282 | — | |
| 2024 | #908 | 292 | — | |
| 2023 | #994 | 257 | — | |
| 2022 | #978 | 272 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,002 | 255 | — | |
| 2020 | #976 | 261 | — | |
| 2019 | #906 | 293 | — | |
| 2018 | #782 | 349 | — | |
| 2017 | #771 | 359 | — | |
| 2016 | #684 | 427 | — | |
| 2015 | #708 | 403 | — | |
| 2014 | #602 | 489 | — | |
| 2013 | #608 | 461 | — | |
| 2012 | #617 | 465 | — | |
| 2011 | #603 | 476 | — | |
| 2010 | #588 | 499 | — | |
| 2009 | #551 | 554 | — | |
| 2008 | #522 | 586 | — | |
| 2007 | #508 | 628 | — | |
| 2006 | #497 | 613 | — | |
| 2005 | #444 | 682 | — | |
| 2004 | #434 | 702 | — | |
| 2003 | #423 | 710 | — | |
| 2002 | #363 | 824 | — | |
| 2001 | #286 | 1,093 | — | |
| 2000 | #390 | 735 | — | |
| 1999 | #402 | 694 | — | |
| 1998 | #382 | 740 | — | |
| 1997 | #328 | 865 | — | |
| 1996 | #366 | 739 | — | |
| 1995 | #374 | 701 | — | |
| 1994 | #360 | 727 | — | |
| 1993 | #334 | 788 | — | |
| 1992 | #341 | 760 | — | |
| 1991 | #353 | 734 | — | |
| 1990 | #348 | 765 | — | |
| 1989 | #311 | 813 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #346 | 714 | — | |
| 1987 | #339 | 722 | — | |
| 1986 | #340 | 705 | — | |
| 1985 | #313 | 771 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #302 | 791 | — | |
| 1983 | #328 | 704 | — | |
| 1982 | #304 | 804 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #321 | 735 | — | |
| 1980 | #322 | 752 | — | |
| 1979 | #362 | 626 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #359 | 589 | — | |
| 1977 | #372 | 576 | — | |
| 1976 | #404 | 497 | — | |
| 1975 | #429 | 460 | — | |
| 1974 | #447 | 413 | — | |
| 1973 | #480 | 373 | — | |
| 1972 | #500 | 353 | — | |
| 1971 | #483 | 399 | — | |
| 1970 | #475 | 427 | — | |
| 1969 | #476 | 411 | — | |
| 1968 | #461 | 437 | — | |
| 1967 | #434 | 468 | — | |
| 1966 | #443 | 445 | — | |
| 1965 | #440 | 458 | — | |
| 1964 | #462 | 439 | — | |
| 1963 | #447 | 466 | — | |
| 1962 | #482 | 401 | — | |
| 1961 | #509 | 369 | — | |
| 1960 | #498 | 378 | — | |
| 1959 | #538 | 327 | — | |
| 1958 | #532 | 331 | — | |
| 1957 | #539 | 316 | — | |
| 1956 | #526 | 312 | — | |
| 1955 | #613 | 229 | — | |
| 1954 | #554 | 259 | — | |
| 1953 | #599 | 218 | — | |
| 1952 | #620 | 201 | — | |
| 1951 | #639 | 184 | — | |
| 1950 | #613 | 187 | — | |
| 1949 | #613 | 182 | — | |
| 1948 | #624 | 175 | — | |
| 1947 | #592 | 207 | — | |
| 1946 | #655 | 146 | — | |
| 1945 | #599 | 148 | — | |
| 1944 | #599 | 150 | — | |
| 1943 | #629 | 146 | — | |
| 1942 | #613 | 149 | — | |
| 1941 | #601 | 138 | — | |
| 1940 | #652 | 114 | — | |
| 1939 | #589 | 129 | — | |
| 1938 | #604 | 128 | — | |
| 1937 | #575 | 137 | — | |
| 1936 | #600 | 120 | — | |
| 1935 | #621 | 109 | — | |
| 1934 | #591 | 122 | — | |
| 1933 | #578 | 123 | — | |
| 1932 | #624 | 114 | — | |
| 1931 | #527 | 156 | — | |
| 1930 | #564 | 146 | — | |
| 1929 | #551 | 153 | — | |
| 1928 | #564 | 156 | — | |
| 1927 | #534 | 177 | — | |
| 1926 | #517 | 182 | — | |
| 1925 | #523 | 184 | — | |
| 1924 | #495 | 200 | — | |
| 1923 | #505 | 189 | — | |
| 1922 | #462 | 222 | — | |
| 1921 | #435 | 245 | — | |
| 1920 | #413 | 259 | — | |
| 1919 | #393 | 273 | — | |
| 1918 | #382 | 292 | — | |
| 1917 | #344 | 331 | — | |
| 1916 | #371 | 278 | — | |
| 1915 | #373 | 261 | — | |
| 1914 | #359 | 217 | — | |
| 1913 | #362 | 180 | — | |
| 1912 | #404 | 131 | — | |
| 1911 | #409 | 96 | — | |
| 1910 | #390 | 102 | — | |
| 1909 | #385 | 93 | — | |
| 1908 | #383 | 89 | — | |
| 1907 | #370 | 90 | — | |
| 1906 | #376 | 82 | — | |
| 1905 | #357 | 88 | — | |
| 1904 | #445 | 53 | — | |
| 1903 | #407 | 60 | — | |
| 1902 | #440 | 50 | — | |
| 1901 | #421 | 51 | — | |
| 1900 | #457 | 54 | — | |
| 1899 | #402 | 52 | — | |
| 1898 | #380 | 66 | — | |
| 1897 | #382 | 57 | — | |
| 1896 | #403 | 50 | — | |
| 1895 | #433 | 43 | — | |
| 1894 | #367 | 58 | — | |
| 1893 | #387 | 48 | — | |
| 1892 | #358 | 55 | — | |
| 1891 | #497 | 27 | — | |
| 1890 | #548 | 23 | — | |
| 1889 | #358 | 45 | — | |
| 1888 | #431 | 33 | — | |
| 1887 | #372 | 33 | — | |
| 1886 | #318 | 43 | — | |
| 1885 | #354 | 32 | — | |
| 1884 | #349 | 32 | — | |
| 1883 | #354 | 26 | — | |
| 1882 | #326 | 29 | — | |
| 1881 | #317 | 25 | — | |
| 1880 | #326 | 24 | — | |
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.
See more about Elisabeth
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2001 at #286 (1,093 births)
- Births halved by 2010, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2020
- 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%)
- 15.6% of all girls named Elisabeth (7,513) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 322 | #317 (1881) | #351 |
| 1890s | 479 | #358 (1892) | #416 |
| 1900s | 710 | #357 (1905) | #404 |
| 1910s | 2,161 | #344 (1917) | #379 |
| 1920s | 1,967 | #413 (1920) | #500 |
| 1930s | 1,284 | #527 (1931) | #587 |
| 1940s | 1,555 | #592 (1947) | #618 |
| 1950s | 2,564 | #526 (1956) | #577 |
| 1960s | 4,272 | #434 (1967) | #465 |
| 1970s | 4,713 | #359 (1978) | #431 |
| 1980s | 7,511 | #302 (1984) | #323 |
| 1990s | 7,513 | #328 (1997) | #359 |
| 2000s | 7,127 | #286 (2001) | #442 |
| 2010s | 4,221 | #588 (2010) | #687 |
| 2020s | 1,619 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 2,564 of them was named Elisabeth, which outranked 97.0% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 286,923 of them was named Elisabeth, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,842Zebulah7
- #4,842Zeus7
- #4,842Zoltan7
- #5,355Elisabeth6
- #5,355Aasim6
- #5,355Abdallah6
- #5,355Abdula6
- #6,056Aakash5
- #6,056Aarn5
- #6,056Aaryn5
Tied with 700 names at #5,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.