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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201927peak #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 1927

girls
#282
562 births · 1 in 2,122 girls
boys
#3,151
8 births · 1 in 140,864 boys

Top girls' names in 1927

  1. #1Mary70,642
  2. #2Dorothy35,993
  3. #3Betty35,424
  4. #4Helen25,316
  5. #5Margaret21,964
  6. #6Ruth19,412
  7. #7Doris16,512
  8. #8Virginia15,734
  9. #9Shirley13,314
  10. #10Barbara13,161
  11. #282Lizzie562

Top boys' names in 1927

  1. #1Robert61,674
  2. #2John55,949
  3. #3James53,674
  4. #4William51,476
  5. #5Charles31,941
  6. #6Richard26,768
  7. #7George25,949
  8. #8Donald23,834
  9. #9Joseph23,503
  10. #10Edward19,115
  11. #3,151Lizzie8
More about 1927

girls

1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 2,122 of them was named Lizzie, which outranked 95.0% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lizzie
  1. #279Francis565
  2. #279Jimmie565
  3. #281Alta564
  4. #282Lizzie562
  5. #282Nell562
  6. #284Deloris561
  7. #285Elva551
  8. #286Estella546

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 2,708Charmaine#3,564#856
  2. 1,519Kazuko#2,474#955
  3. 1,152Valencia#2,076#924
  4. 551Cherie#1,414#863
  5. 452Lita#1,148#696
Fallers
  1. 349Janell#748#1,097
  2. 330Sabina#931#1,261
  3. 319Clarine#942#1,261
  4. 298Shirlie#980#1,278
  5. 291Delilah#836#1,127

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

boys

1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 140,864 of them was named Lizzie, which outranked 34.4% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lizzie
  1. #2,912Yutaka9
  2. #2,912Zoltan9
  3. #2,912Zygmunt9
  4. #3,151Lizzie8
  5. #3,151Able8
  6. #3,151Abundio8
  7. #3,151Acey8
  8. #3,451Abbie7
  9. #3,451Abran7
  10. #3,451Acy7

Tied with 299 names at #3,151; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1926
Risers
  1. 1,863Lindbergh#2,436#573
  2. 966Lindy#1,353#387
  3. 601Sonny#1,565#964
  4. 467Akira#1,404#937
  5. 442Maria#1,432#990
Fallers
  1. 684Minoru#963#1,647
  2. 611Reno#825#1,436
  3. 406Hurley#916#1,322
  4. 356Adelbert#842#1,198
  5. 330Gardner#963#1,293

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

See the top 100 for 1927