Lizzie

#2,139 for girls in 2025, 87 births · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,459
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 495 births
Debut · girls
388 births
In top 100 · girls
18 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
39,538
since 1880

Lizzie over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #62, 1882girls
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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#2,13987
2024#2,32779
2023#2,05095
2022#2,44574
2021#2,23383
2020#2,58066
2019#2,53869
2018#3,78939
2017#2,71363
2016#2,51771
2015#2,55570
2014#2,68365
2013#2,83760
2012#2,86660
2011#2,90959
2010#3,36048
2009#2,96658
2008#3,31650
2007#2,48575
2006#2,41977
2005#2,18084
2004#2,19581
2003#1,786105
2002#3,10346
2001#2,80852
2000#2,90349
1999#3,24539
1998#3,42635
1997#3,81529
1996#3,83128
1995#4,21724
1994#2,98839
1993#3,98726
1992#3,41932
1991#2,93539
1990#3,02237
1989#3,78426
1988#2,44744
1987#2,85234
1986#2,72435
1985#2,48439
1984#3,06928
1983#2,23643
1982#2,41440
1981#2,11948
1980#2,86631
1979#2,30441
1978#2,35038
1977#2,18942
1976#1,96845
1975#1,67257
1974#2,06640
1973#1,78848
1972#1,89044
1971#1,68654
1970#1,63757
1969#1,53160
1968#1,37566
1967#1,44159
1966#1,36864
1965#1,17783
1964#1,066104
1963#1,016110
1962#1,22481
1961#1,083102
1960#1,001115
1959#950122
1958#911127
1957#903127
1956#809151
1955#700180
1954#639205
1953#669180
1952#616202
1951#567226
1950#525245
1949#523247
1948#480279
1947#497273
1946#456291
1945#440263
1944#441265
1943#429294
1942#414298
1941#353349
1940#399290#3,4595
1939#396284
1938#390295
1937#364316
1936#359310#3,1476
1935#308401#3,6455
1934#331357
1933#307405
1932#312416
1931#317406
1930#298494
1929#297487
1928#304475#4,1515
1927#282562#3,1518
1926#284543
1925#262636#4,1975
1924#270581#3,8676
1923#256625#3,4677
1922#250684
1921#257665#3,2148
1920#245711#3,4897
1919#219809#4,1685
1918#236727#3,3687
1917#244646
1916#239669
1915#236657
1914#228551#3,2645
1913#200532
1912#180548
1911#170441
1910#155505
1909#140504#1,1557
1908#155436
1907#142462
1906#136449
1905#132476
1904#139420#1,2055
1903#124458
1902#115504
1901#115458
1900#103657
1899#105492#9286
1898#103582
1897#99543
1896#100508
1895#99543
1894#92562
1893#83584
1892#80597
1891#82525
1890#74620
1889#74570
1888#75593#1,0315
1887#68525
1886#71512
1885#65537
1884#66523
1883#63496
1882#62495
1881#67396
1880#67388
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Lizzie was already there! It came in at #67, and was given to 388 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1995–1998, when fewer than 36 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lizzie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 188 spots since 2024 (#2,327#2,139)
  • 441 spots since 2020 (#2,580#2,139)
  • 416 spots since 2015 (#2,555#2,139)
  • Biggest jump: 46 spots in 1941 (#399#353)
  • Biggest drop: 109 spots in 1956 (#700#809)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #62 (495 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 67 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1880–1897
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 218
  • Highest: 1 in 218 girls born in 1882 were named Lizzie (0.46%)
  • Latest: 1 in 18,474 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 15.4% of all girls named Lizzie (6,085) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5,035#62 (1882)#68
1890s5,556#74 (1890)#92
1900s4,824#103 (1900)#130
1910s6,085#155 (1910)#211
1920s5,969#245 (1920)#271
1930s3,684#298 (1930)#338
1940s2,849#353 (1941)#443
1950s1,765#525 (1950)#729
1960s844#1,001 (1960)#1,228
1970s466#1,637 (1970)#1,955
1980s368#2,119 (1981)#2,700
1990s328#2,935 (1991)#3,489
2000s677#1,786 (2003)#2,616
2010s604#2,517 (2016)#2,877
2020s484#2,050 (2023)#2,296

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.

Lizzie in 1920

girls
#245
711 births · 1 in 1,685 girls
boys
#3,489
7 births · 1 in 152,051 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
  11. #245Lizzie711

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. #3,489Lizzie7
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 1,685 of them was named Lizzie, which outranked 95.8% 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 Lizzie
  1. #242Celia726
  2. #243Teresa720
  3. #244Alta715
  4. #245Lizzie711
  5. #246Sue707
  6. #247Yvonne702
  7. #248Reba699
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 152,051 of them was named Lizzie, which outranked 30.1% 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 Lizzie
  1. #3,208Willey8
  2. #3,208Willim8
  3. #3,208Wyndham8
  4. #3,489Lizzie7
  5. #3,489Abelino7
  6. #3,489Acey7
  7. #3,489Acil7
  8. #3,815Abron6
  9. #3,815Ada6
  10. #3,815Adel6

Tied with 325 names at #3,489; 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