Elizabeth

#17 for girls in 2025, 6,760 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3
1892 · 3,461 births
Debut · girls
1880
1,939 births
In top 100 · girls
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,688,757
since 1880

Elizabeth over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #3, 1892girls
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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#176,760#12,0085
2024#176,924#12,3495
2023#156,616#8,9218
2022#157,020—
2021#147,265#12,1465
2020#167,308—
2019#147,923#7,17311
2018#138,600—
2017#139,004#8,1409
2016#139,607#6,72612
2015#139,771#10,6446
2014#139,600#10,7176
2013#109,476#6,60312
2012#109,730#8,8648
2011#1110,109#4,82219
2010#1210,283#8,8038
2009#1111,057#6,43613
2008#912,027#6,39313
2007#1013,071#4,99618
2006#1112,440#5,07217
2005#1112,743#3,81524
2004#1013,577#1,93463
2003#914,123#3,04431
2002#1114,621#3,90921
2001#914,792#5,66712
2000#915,117#3,64022
1999#1015,350#3,48022
1998#1015,193#3,29623
1997#915,430#2,61330
1996#1016,003#2,83826
1995#1016,192#1,91444
1994#916,786#1,89444
1993#917,559#1,62055
1992#919,035#1,65952
1991#920,395#1,39666
1990#920,750#1,12991
1989#1020,298#848140
1988#1020,042#955102
1987#1018,608#921105
1986#1019,074#93296
1985#920,545#884105
1984#1020,360#90994
1983#1019,842#867102
1982#820,506#95788
1981#920,168#94790
1980#919,529#1,02278
1979#1118,073#97682
1978#1416,807#1,04070
1977#1316,431#1,09363
1976#1613,547#1,06761
1975#1512,472#1,17052
1974#1212,259#1,04562
1973#1312,360#1,13652
1972#1512,182#1,09855
1971#1913,606#1,01464
1970#1815,108#98967
1969#1615,297#97262
1968#1714,887#1,01753
1967#1316,116#1,00352
1966#1615,887#1,01651
1965#1616,321#98656
1964#1617,294#1,09648
1963#2017,598#1,05252
1962#2017,806#1,13746
1961#1918,855#94066
1960#1818,859#99659
1959#2118,421#1,11748
1958#2218,535#1,13146
1957#2217,492#1,31835
1956#2216,355#1,33533
1955#2116,696#1,15442
1954#2016,584#1,16941
1953#2116,099#1,33132
1952#2216,022#1,40629
1951#2315,118#1,33231
1950#2414,334#1,34029
1949#2513,714#1,43426
1948#2613,215#1,32330
1947#2513,440#1,27133
1946#2511,753#1,50922
1945#2610,343#1,32725
1944#2311,034#1,17332
1943#2311,644#1,12037
1942#2211,186#92352
1941#2110,267#90549
1940#209,955#87252
1939#189,709#86750
1938#179,803#95144
1937#179,385#86950
1936#188,860#89347
1935#179,075#99241
1934#189,346#97043
1933#179,016#1,05138
1932#179,999#86854
1931#1610,292#93948
1930#1510,995#97648
1929#1511,248#83661
1928#1411,767#1,04144
1927#1312,523#91156
1926#1112,837#91654
1925#1013,936#1,16437
1924#1114,950#1,10742
1923#915,459#1,11441
1922#915,244#1,33330
1921#1015,800#1,22635
1920#815,908#1,23434
1919#815,287#1,75219
1918#915,853#1,12437
1917#815,131#1,22231
1916#814,940#1,01340
1915#814,103#1,26527
1914#811,367#1,10127
1913#89,505#1,02324
1912#88,527#93523
1911#76,298#75918
1910#75,800#72917
1909#75,176#80413
1908#74,904#82511
1907#74,624#73513
1906#74,320#61315
1905#64,121#66613
1904#63,833#64713
1903#63,724#69611
1902#63,694#46021
1901#63,216#7279
1900#64,096#62316
1899#73,287#54813
1898#73,659#54315
1897#63,442#61512
1896#73,471#67411
1895#53,603#49117
1894#53,425#66810
1893#53,360#57212
1892#33,461#7928
1891#43,059#8416
1890#33,112#56612
1889#33,058#46416
1888#33,224#58012
1887#32,681#46114
1886#42,680#57811
1885#42,582#6419
1884#42,549#46816
1883#42,255#49713
1882#42,186#7547
1881#41,852—
1880#41,939#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elizabeth was already there! It came in at #4, and was given to 1,939 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 2,700 girls a year got the name.

Where Elizabeth is popular in 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #6 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 23 girlsAKMaine: #9 for girls · 122 births · 1 in 55 girlsMEVermont: #4 for girls · 71 births · 1 in 37 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #9 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 49 girlsNHWashington: #15 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 78 girlsWAIdaho: #24 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 115 girlsIDMontana: #12 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 70 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #19 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 92 girlsNDMinnesota: #19 for girls · 247 births · 1 in 93 girlsMNIllinois: #17 for girls · 642 births · 1 in 92 girlsILWisconsin: #19 for girls · 284 births · 1 in 86 girlsWIMichigan: #11 for girls · 530 births · 1 in 71 girlsMINew York: #10 for girls · 1,585 births · 1 in 62 girlsNYMassachusetts: #7 for girls · 643 births · 1 in 56 girlsMARhode Island: #10 for girls · 102 births · 1 in 55 girlsRIOregon: #16 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 77 girlsORNevada: #9 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 32 girlsNVWyoming: #11 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 64 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #26 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 106 girlsSDIowa: #21 for girls · 207 births · 1 in 107 girlsIAIndiana: #13 for girls · 323 births · 1 in 82 girlsINOhio: #9 for girls · 857 births · 1 in 65 girlsOHPennsylvania: #7 for girls · 2,295 births · 1 in 42 girlsPANew Jersey: #7 for girls · 724 births · 1 in 44 girlsNJConnecticut: #7 for girls · 294 births · 1 in 47 girlsCTCalifornia: #12 for girls · 372 births · 1 in 76 girlsCAUtah: #26 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 111 girlsUTColorado: #11 for girls · 111 births · 1 in 80 girlsCONebraska: #21 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 113 girlsNEMissouri: #22 for girls · 253 births · 1 in 121 girlsMOKentucky: #10 for girls · 404 births · 1 in 72 girlsKYWest Virginia: #9 for girls · 253 births · 1 in 73 girlsWVVirginia: #6 for girls · 602 births · 1 in 48 girlsVAMaryland: #8 for girls · 330 births · 1 in 45 girlsMDDelaware: #4 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 26 girlsDEArizona: #14 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 91 girlsAZNew Mexico: #16 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 103 girlsNMKansas: #18 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 101 girlsKSArkansas: #26 for girls · 162 births · 1 in 128 girlsARTennessee: #14 for girls · 353 births · 1 in 79 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #9 for girls · 567 births · 1 in 66 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #9 for girls · 409 births · 1 in 60 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #6 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 36 girlsDCOklahoma: #41 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 180 girlsOKLouisiana: #23 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 116 girlsLAMississippi: #16 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 108 girlsMSAlabama: #14 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 97 girlsALGeorgia: #10 for girls · 523 births · 1 in 71 girlsGAHawaii: #9 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 71 girlsHITexas: #17 for girls · 431 births · 1 in 132 girlsTXFlorida: #8 for girls · 161 births · 1 in 65 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#4 · 1 in 26
  2. Vermont#4 · 1 in 37
  3. Alaska#6 · 1 in 23
  4. District of Columbia#6 · 1 in 36
  5. Virginia#6 · 1 in 48

Best ever in a state: #1 in District of Columbia, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#4771 in 26
Vermont#4711 in 37
Alaska#6101 in 23
District of Columbia#6921 in 36
Virginia#66021 in 48
Connecticut#72941 in 47
Massachusetts#76431 in 56
New Jersey#77241 in 44
Pennsylvania#72,2951 in 42
Florida#81611 in 65
Maryland#83301 in 45
Hawaii#9421 in 71
Maine#91221 in 55
Nevada#991 in 32
New Hampshire#9731 in 49
North Carolina#95671 in 66
Ohio#98571 in 65
South Carolina#94091 in 60
West Virginia#92531 in 73
Georgia#105231 in 71
Kentucky#104041 in 72
New York#101,5851 in 62
Rhode Island#101021 in 55
Colorado#111111 in 80
Michigan#115301 in 71
Wyoming#11251 in 64
California#123721 in 76
Montana#12721 in 70
Indiana#133231 in 82
Alabama#143171 in 97
Arizona#14411 in 91
Tennessee#143531 in 79
Washington#151351 in 78
Mississippi#161991 in 108
New Mexico#16371 in 103
Oregon#16781 in 77
Illinois#176421 in 92
Texas#174311 in 132
Kansas#181641 in 101
Minnesota#192471 in 93
North Dakota#19821 in 92
Wisconsin#192841 in 86
Iowa#212071 in 107
Nebraska#211121 in 113
Missouri#222531 in 121
Louisiana#231961 in 116
Idaho#24381 in 115
Arkansas#261621 in 128
South Dakota#26641 in 106
Utah#26461 in 111
Oklahoma#411421 in 180

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 Elizabeth
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #17 since 2024
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#16 → #17)
  • 4 spots since 2015 (#13 → #17)
  • Biggest jump: 4 spots in 1964 (#20 → #16)
  • Biggest drop: 4 spots in 1968 (#13 → #17)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #3 (3,461 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: 73 yrs · run 1880–1923
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 47
  • Highest: 1 in 47 girls born in 1880 were named Elizabeth (2.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 238 girls born in 2025 (0.42%)
  • Its best rank, #3 in 1892, was only 1 in 61 (1.6%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 11.8% of all girls named Elizabeth (198,972) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s25,006#3 (1888)#4
1890s33,879#3 (1892)#5
1900s41,708#6 (1905)#6
1910s116,811#7 (1911)#8
1920s139,672#8 (1920)#11
1930s96,480#15 (1930)#17
1940s116,551#20 (1940)#24
1950s165,656#20 (1954)#22
1960s168,920#13 (1967)#17
1970s142,845#11 (1979)#15
1980s198,972#8 (1982)#10
1990s172,693#9 (1990)#9
2000s133,568#9 (2000)#10
2010s94,103#10 (2012)#12
2020s41,893#14 (2021)#16

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.

Elizabeth in 1920

girls
#8
15,908 births · 1 in 75 girls
boys
#1,234
34 births · 1 in 31,305 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #1,234Elizabeth34
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 75 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.9% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #5Ruth26,102
  2. #6Mildred18,060
  3. #7Virginia17,314
  4. #8Elizabeth15,908
  5. #9Frances15,883
  6. #10Anna14,581
  7. #11Betty14,016
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 31,305 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 75.3% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,225Sid35
  2. #1,225Stafford35
  3. #1,225Von35
  4. #1,234Elizabeth34
  5. #1,234Adell34
  6. #1,234Aubry34
  7. #1,234Bart34
  8. #1,252Anna33
  9. #1,252Beauford33
  10. #1,252Buddie33

Tied with 17 names at #1,234; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →