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

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Peak · girls
2001 · 1,093 births
Debut · girls
24 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
48,018
since 1880

Elisabeth over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Elisabeth has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #286, 2001girls
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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#925282
2024#908292
2023#994257
2022#978272
2021#1,002255
2020#976261
2019#906293
2018#782349
2017#771359
2016#684427
2015#708403
2014#602489
2013#608461
2012#617465
2011#603476
2010#588499
2009#551554
2008#522586
2007#508628
2006#497613
2005#444682
2004#434702
2003#423710
2002#363824
2001#2861,093
2000#390735
1999#402694
1998#382740
1997#328865
1996#366739
1995#374701
1994#360727
1993#334788
1992#341760
1991#353734
1990#348765
1989#311813#4,81110
1988#346714
1987#339722
1986#340705
1985#313771#6,5235
1984#302791
1983#328704
1982#304804#5,6196
1981#321735
1980#322752
1979#362626#5,3556
1978#359589
1977#372576
1976#404497
1975#429460
1974#447413
1973#480373
1972#500353
1971#483399
1970#475427
1969#476411
1968#461437
1967#434468
1966#443445
1965#440458
1964#462439
1963#447466
1962#482401
1961#509369
1960#498378
1959#538327
1958#532331
1957#539316
1956#526312
1955#613229
1954#554259
1953#599218
1952#620201
1951#639184
1950#613187
1949#613182
1948#624175
1947#592207
1946#655146
1945#599148
1944#599150
1943#629146
1942#613149
1941#601138
1940#652114
1939#589129
1938#604128
1937#575137
1936#600120
1935#621109
1934#591122
1933#578123
1932#624114
1931#527156
1930#564146
1929#551153
1928#564156
1927#534177
1926#517182
1925#523184
1924#495200
1923#505189
1922#462222
1921#435245
1920#413259
1919#393273
1918#382292
1917#344331
1916#371278
1915#373261
1914#359217
1913#362180
1912#404131
1911#40996
1910#390102
1909#38593
1908#38389
1907#37090
1906#37682
1905#35788
1904#44553
1903#40760
1902#44050
1901#42151
1900#45754
1899#40252
1898#38066
1897#38257
1896#40350
1895#43343
1894#36758
1893#38748
1892#35855
1891#49727
1890#54823
1889#35845
1888#43133
1887#37233
1886#31843
1885#35432
1884#34932
1883#35426
1882#32629
1881#31725
1880#32624
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
121 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2001 at #286 (1,093 births)
  • Births halved by 2010, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 145 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 145 yrs · run 1880–2020
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,647
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 15.6% of all girls named Elisabeth (7,513) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s322#317 (1881)#351
1890s479#358 (1892)#416
1900s710#357 (1905)#404
1910s2,161#344 (1917)#379
1920s1,967#413 (1920)#500
1930s1,284#527 (1931)#587
1940s1,555#592 (1947)#618
1950s2,564#526 (1956)#577
1960s4,272#434 (1967)#465
1970s4,713#359 (1978)#431
1980s7,511#302 (1984)#323
1990s7,513#328 (1997)#359
2000s7,127#286 (2001)#442
2010s4,221#588 (2010)#687
2020s1,619#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.

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