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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #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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2024#908292—
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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—
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1970#475427—
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1968#461437—
1967#434468—
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1965#440458—
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1957#539316—
1956#526312—
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1952#620201—
1951#639184—
1950#613187—
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1948#624175—
1947#592207—
1946#655146—
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1920#413259—
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1911#40996—
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1900#45754—
1899#40252—
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1892#35855—
1891#49727—
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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 1969

  • 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: #290 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,621 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #392 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,595 girlsMNIllinois: #404 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 3,028 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWIMichigan: #478 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 4,482 girlsMINew York: #370 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 2,481 girlsNYMassachusetts: #223 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,565 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: #390 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,395 girlsIAIndiana: #430 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,719 girlsINOhio: #397 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 3,512 girlsOHPennsylvania: #464 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,406 girlsPANew Jersey: #593 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,199 girlsNJConnecticut: #266 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,613 girlsCTCalifornia: #517 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 3,806 girlsCAUtah: #337 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,880 girlsUTColorado: #449 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,264 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedNEMissouri: #460 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,286 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedWVVirginia: #418 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,708 girlsVAMaryland: 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: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #507 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,980 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #503 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,037 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #361 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,040 girlsDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedMSAlabama: #575 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,230 girlsALGeorgia: #540 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,772 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Elisabeth, so not publishedHITexas: #688 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,284 girlsTXFlorida: #441 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,170 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Massachusetts#223 · 1 in 1,565
  2. Connecticut#266 · 1 in 1,613
  3. Washington#290 · 1 in 1,621
  4. Utah#337 · 1 in 1,880
  5. District of Columbia#361 · 1 in 2,040

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Massachusetts#223271 in 1,565
Connecticut#266131 in 1,613
Washington#290151 in 1,621
Utah#33751 in 1,880
District of Columbia#36151 in 2,040
New York#370561 in 2,481
Iowa#39061 in 3,395
Minnesota#39281 in 3,595
Ohio#397241 in 3,512
Illinois#404281 in 3,028
Virginia#41891 in 3,708
Indiana#430111 in 3,719
Florida#441141 in 3,170
Colorado#44951 in 3,264
Missouri#46081 in 4,286
Pennsylvania#464191 in 4,406
Michigan#478161 in 4,482
South Carolina#50351 in 4,037
North Carolina#50781 in 4,980
California#517421 in 3,806
Georgia#54081 in 4,772
Alabama#57551 in 5,230
New Jersey#59381 in 6,199
Texas#688161 in 6,284
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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 1969

girls
#476
411 births · 1 in 4,105 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #476Elisabeth411
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 4,105 of them was named Elisabeth, which outranked 94.5% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elisabeth
  1. #472Deidre415
  2. #474Betsy414
  3. #474Marion414
  4. #476Elisabeth411
  5. #477Margie409
  6. #478Lauri407
  7. #479Johanna406
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,462Shani#2,126 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,203Julissa#2,164 → #961
  3. ↑ 1,133Chelsea#1,834 → #701
  4. ↑ 667Latasha#1,519 → #852
  5. ↑ 549Britt#1,519 → #970
Fallers
  1. ↓ 455Tamiko#552 → #1,007
  2. ↓ 345Alesia#697 → #1,042
  3. ↓ 324Vickey#966 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 308Bettina#746 → #1,054
  5. ↓ 293Cammie#846 → #1,139

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

See the top 100 for 1969 →