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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919peak #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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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—
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1943#629146—
1942#613149—
1941#601138—
1940#652114—
1939#589129—
1938#604128—
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1933#578123—
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1927#534177—
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1920#413259—
1919#393273—
1918#382292—
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1914#359217—
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1912#404131—
1911#40996—
1910#390102—
1909#38593—
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1907#37090—
1906#37682—
1905#35788—
1904#44553—
1903#40760—
1902#44050—
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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—
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1886#31843—
1885#35432—
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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 1919

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMNIllinois: #403 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,177 girlsILWisconsin: #260 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,534 girlsWIMichigan: #461 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,774 girlsMINew York: #338 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,773 girlsNYMassachusetts: #230 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,316 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedSDIowa: #379 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,107 girlsIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedINOhio: #284 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 3,143 girlsOHPennsylvania: #245 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,662 girlsPANew Jersey: #213 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,914 girlsNJConnecticut: #199 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,504 girlsCTCalifornia: #299 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,329 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNEMissouri: #350 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,218 girlsMOKentucky: #433 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,505 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNMKansas: #359 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,092 girlsKSArkansas: #483 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,058 girlsARTennessee: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,175 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #433 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,146 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #100 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 495 girlsDCOklahoma: #472 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,441 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedLAMississippi: #379 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,125 girlsMSAlabama: #408 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,853 girlsALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedHITexas: #801 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,643 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. District of Columbia#100 · 1 in 495
  2. Connecticut#199 · 1 in 1,504
  3. New Jersey#213 · 1 in 1,914
  4. Massachusetts#230 · 1 in 2,316
  5. Pennsylvania#245 · 1 in 2,662

Best ever in a state: #75 in District of Columbia, 1914.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#10061 in 495
Connecticut#19991 in 1,504
New Jersey#213161 in 1,914
Massachusetts#230151 in 2,316
Pennsylvania#245351 in 2,662
Wisconsin#26091 in 2,534
Ohio#284161 in 3,143
California#299101 in 2,329
New York#338201 in 4,773
Missouri#35091 in 3,218
Kansas#35951 in 3,092
Iowa#37951 in 4,107
Mississippi#37971 in 3,125
Illinois#403111 in 5,177
Alabama#40881 in 3,853
Kentucky#43361 in 4,505
North Carolina#43371 in 5,146
Tennessee#46051 in 5,175
Michigan#46151 in 6,774
Oklahoma#47251 in 4,441
Arkansas#48351 in 4,058
Texas#80161 in 8,643
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1919

girls
#393
273 births · 1 in 4,140 girls

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #393Elisabeth273
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 4,140 of them was named Elisabeth, which outranked 92.9% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisabeth
  1. #390Glenna275
  2. #391Isabell274
  3. #391Isabella274
  4. #393Elisabeth273
  5. #394Erna270
  6. #395Iola268
  7. #396Cynthia264
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. ↑ 851Gregoria#1,805 → #954
  2. ↑ 443Concha#1,333 → #890
  3. ↑ 390Arlena#1,299 → #909
  4. ↑ 353Marina#1,255 → #902
  5. ↑ 333Roselle#1,333 → #1,000
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,019Liberty#585 → #1,604
  2. ↓ 840Victory#809 → #1,649
  3. ↓ 567Karen#960 → #1,527
  4. ↓ 404Zena#989 → #1,393
  5. ↓ 359Malvina#989 → #1,348

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

See the top 100 for 1919 →