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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #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.

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 1991

girls
#9
20,395 births · 1 in 92 girls
boys
#1,396
66 births · 1 in 30,611 boys

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311

Top boys' names in 1991

  1. #1Michael60,810
  2. #2Christopher47,111
  3. #3Matthew41,647
  4. #4Joshua41,226
  5. #5Andrew31,539
  6. #6Daniel30,935
  7. #7James30,514
  8. #8David30,416
  9. #9Joseph29,840
  10. #10John27,809
  11. #1,396Elizabeth66
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 92 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.9% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #6Sarah25,233
  2. #7Stephanie22,775
  3. #8Jennifer20,673
  4. #9Elizabeth20,395
  5. #10Emily20,311
  6. #11Megan19,278
  7. #12Kayla18,545
Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

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

boys

2,020,328 boys got a published name in 1991; 1 in 30,611 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 85.5% of the 9,648 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,382Parrish67
  2. #1,382Romel67
  3. #1,382Trayvon67
  4. #1,396Elizabeth66
  5. #1,396Bob66
  6. #1,396Bradlee66
  7. #1,396Christofer66
  8. #1,411Bijan65
  9. #1,411Broc65
  10. #1,411Darious65

Tied with 14 names at #1,396; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,462Devante#5,382 → #920
  2. ↑ 1,656Unnamed#2,628 → #972
  3. ↑ 1,496Jaleel#2,373 → #877
  4. ↑ 811Gunnar#1,516 → #705
  5. ↑ 672Dijon#1,587 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,000Arsenio#744 → #1,744
  2. ↓ 773Brittany#995 → #1,768
  3. ↓ 281Infant#389 → #670
  4. ↓ 281Jarret#881 → #1,162
  5. ↓ 273Elton#963 → #1,236

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

See the top 100 for 1991 →