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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #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—
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1933#578123—
1932#624114—
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1927#534177—
1926#517182—
1925#523184—
1924#495200—
1923#505189—
1922#462222—
1921#435245—
1920#413259—
1919#393273—
1918#382292—
1917#344331—
1916#371278—
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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—
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1892#35855—
1891#49727—
1890#54823—
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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.

Where Elisabeth is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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.

Elisabeth in 1909

girls
#385
93 births · 1 in 3,734 girls

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #385Elisabeth93
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 3,734 of them was named Elisabeth, which outranked 84.9% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisabeth
  1. #381Minerva95
  2. #383Lettie94
  3. #383Linnie94
  4. #385Elisabeth93
  5. #385Bernadette93
  6. #387Loraine90
  7. #387Vada90
  8. #389Hettie89

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

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →