Elizabeth

#17 for girls in 2025, 6,760 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3
1892 · 3,461 births
Debut · girls
1880
1,939 births
In top 100 · girls
146 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,688,757
since 1880

Elizabeth over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #3, 1892girls
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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#176,760#12,0085
2024#176,924#12,3495
2023#156,616#8,9218
2022#157,020—
2021#147,265#12,1465
2020#167,308—
2019#147,923#7,17311
2018#138,600—
2017#139,004#8,1409
2016#139,607#6,72612
2015#139,771#10,6446
2014#139,600#10,7176
2013#109,476#6,60312
2012#109,730#8,8648
2011#1110,109#4,82219
2010#1210,283#8,8038
2009#1111,057#6,43613
2008#912,027#6,39313
2007#1013,071#4,99618
2006#1112,440#5,07217
2005#1112,743#3,81524
2004#1013,577#1,93463
2003#914,123#3,04431
2002#1114,621#3,90921
2001#914,792#5,66712
2000#915,117#3,64022
1999#1015,350#3,48022
1998#1015,193#3,29623
1997#915,430#2,61330
1996#1016,003#2,83826
1995#1016,192#1,91444
1994#916,786#1,89444
1993#917,559#1,62055
1992#919,035#1,65952
1991#920,395#1,39666
1990#920,750#1,12991
1989#1020,298#848140
1988#1020,042#955102
1987#1018,608#921105
1986#1019,074#93296
1985#920,545#884105
1984#1020,360#90994
1983#1019,842#867102
1982#820,506#95788
1981#920,168#94790
1980#919,529#1,02278
1979#1118,073#97682
1978#1416,807#1,04070
1977#1316,431#1,09363
1976#1613,547#1,06761
1975#1512,472#1,17052
1974#1212,259#1,04562
1973#1312,360#1,13652
1972#1512,182#1,09855
1971#1913,606#1,01464
1970#1815,108#98967
1969#1615,297#97262
1968#1714,887#1,01753
1967#1316,116#1,00352
1966#1615,887#1,01651
1965#1616,321#98656
1964#1617,294#1,09648
1963#2017,598#1,05252
1962#2017,806#1,13746
1961#1918,855#94066
1960#1818,859#99659
1959#2118,421#1,11748
1958#2218,535#1,13146
1957#2217,492#1,31835
1956#2216,355#1,33533
1955#2116,696#1,15442
1954#2016,584#1,16941
1953#2116,099#1,33132
1952#2216,022#1,40629
1951#2315,118#1,33231
1950#2414,334#1,34029
1949#2513,714#1,43426
1948#2613,215#1,32330
1947#2513,440#1,27133
1946#2511,753#1,50922
1945#2610,343#1,32725
1944#2311,034#1,17332
1943#2311,644#1,12037
1942#2211,186#92352
1941#2110,267#90549
1940#209,955#87252
1939#189,709#86750
1938#179,803#95144
1937#179,385#86950
1936#188,860#89347
1935#179,075#99241
1934#189,346#97043
1933#179,016#1,05138
1932#179,999#86854
1931#1610,292#93948
1930#1510,995#97648
1929#1511,248#83661
1928#1411,767#1,04144
1927#1312,523#91156
1926#1112,837#91654
1925#1013,936#1,16437
1924#1114,950#1,10742
1923#915,459#1,11441
1922#915,244#1,33330
1921#1015,800#1,22635
1920#815,908#1,23434
1919#815,287#1,75219
1918#915,853#1,12437
1917#815,131#1,22231
1916#814,940#1,01340
1915#814,103#1,26527
1914#811,367#1,10127
1913#89,505#1,02324
1912#88,527#93523
1911#76,298#75918
1910#75,800#72917
1909#75,176#80413
1908#74,904#82511
1907#74,624#73513
1906#74,320#61315
1905#64,121#66613
1904#63,833#64713
1903#63,724#69611
1902#63,694#46021
1901#63,216#7279
1900#64,096#62316
1899#73,287#54813
1898#73,659#54315
1897#63,442#61512
1896#73,471#67411
1895#53,603#49117
1894#53,425#66810
1893#53,360#57212
1892#33,461#7928
1891#43,059#8416
1890#33,112#56612
1889#33,058#46416
1888#33,224#58012
1887#32,681#46114
1886#42,680#57811
1885#42,582#6419
1884#42,549#46816
1883#42,255#49713
1882#42,186#7547
1881#41,852—
1880#41,939#6409
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Elizabeth was already there! It came in at #4, and was given to 1,939 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 2,700 girls a year got the name.

Where Elizabeth is popular in 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #2 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 15 girlsAKMaine: #8 for girls · 126 births · 1 in 57 girlsMEVermont: #8 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 49 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #13 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 61 girlsNHWashington: #20 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 102 girlsWAIdaho: #37 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 161 girlsIDMontana: #20 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 100 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #18 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 86 girlsNDMinnesota: #21 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 90 girlsMNIllinois: #23 for girls · 584 births · 1 in 107 girlsILWisconsin: #18 for girls · 296 births · 1 in 85 girlsWIMichigan: #13 for girls · 545 births · 1 in 75 girlsMINew York: #12 for girls · 1,523 births · 1 in 67 girlsNYMassachusetts: #9 for girls · 661 births · 1 in 57 girlsMARhode Island: #13 for girls · 100 births · 1 in 59 girlsRIOregon: #20 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 96 girlsORNevada: #9 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 29 girlsNVWyoming: #16 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 73 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #25 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 113 girlsSDIowa: #24 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 123 girlsIAIndiana: #22 for girls · 269 births · 1 in 105 girlsINOhio: #13 for girls · 719 births · 1 in 80 girlsOHPennsylvania: #8 for girls · 2,177 births · 1 in 46 girlsPANew Jersey: #8 for girls · 676 births · 1 in 47 girlsNJConnecticut: #8 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 54 girlsCTCalifornia: #17 for girls · 383 births · 1 in 99 girlsCAUtah: #26 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 136 girlsUTColorado: #11 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 80 girlsCONebraska: #27 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 129 girlsNEMissouri: #21 for girls · 253 births · 1 in 127 girlsMOKentucky: #15 for girls · 343 births · 1 in 92 girlsKYWest Virginia: #11 for girls · 276 births · 1 in 78 girlsWVVirginia: #8 for girls · 516 births · 1 in 56 girlsVAMaryland: #8 for girls · 306 births · 1 in 47 girlsMDDelaware: #3 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 26 girlsDEArizona: #36 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 175 girlsAZNew Mexico: #32 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 171 girlsNMKansas: #22 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 117 girlsKSArkansas: #30 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 150 girlsARTennessee: #17 for girls · 317 births · 1 in 94 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #11 for girls · 545 births · 1 in 76 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #6 for girls · 422 births · 1 in 59 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #6 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 41 girlsDCOklahoma: #33 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 168 girlsOKLouisiana: #24 for girls · 195 births · 1 in 125 girlsLAMississippi: #11 for girls · 230 births · 1 in 99 girlsMSAlabama: #15 for girls · 347 births · 1 in 94 girlsALGeorgia: #15 for girls · 437 births · 1 in 79 girlsGAHawaii: #5 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 60 girlsHITexas: #25 for girls · 360 births · 1 in 173 girlsTXFlorida: #8 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 68 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#2 · 1 in 15
  2. Delaware#3 · 1 in 26
  3. Hawaii#5 · 1 in 60
  4. District of Columbia#6 · 1 in 41
  5. South Carolina#6 · 1 in 59

Best ever in a state: #1 in District of Columbia, 2014.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#2121 in 15
Delaware#3631 in 26
Hawaii#5611 in 60
District of Columbia#6961 in 41
South Carolina#64221 in 59
Connecticut#82421 in 54
Florida#81961 in 68
Maine#81261 in 57
Maryland#83061 in 47
New Jersey#86761 in 47
Pennsylvania#82,1771 in 46
Vermont#8551 in 49
Virginia#85161 in 56
Massachusetts#96611 in 57
Nevada#991 in 29
Colorado#111151 in 80
Mississippi#112301 in 99
North Carolina#115451 in 76
West Virginia#112761 in 78
New York#121,5231 in 67
Michigan#135451 in 75
New Hampshire#13621 in 61
Ohio#137191 in 80
Rhode Island#131001 in 59
Alabama#153471 in 94
Georgia#154371 in 79
Kentucky#153431 in 92
Wyoming#16241 in 73
California#173831 in 99
Tennessee#173171 in 94
North Dakota#18751 in 86
Wisconsin#182961 in 85
Montana#20411 in 100
Oregon#20651 in 96
Washington#20971 in 102
Minnesota#212541 in 90
Missouri#212531 in 127
Indiana#222691 in 105
Kansas#221421 in 117
Illinois#235841 in 107
Iowa#241791 in 123
Louisiana#241951 in 125
South Dakota#25561 in 113
Texas#253601 in 173
Utah#26371 in 136
Nebraska#27961 in 129
Arkansas#301441 in 150
New Mexico#32251 in 171
Oklahoma#331531 in 168
Arizona#36211 in 175
Idaho#37241 in 161

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 Elizabeth
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #17 since 2024
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#16 → #17)
  • 4 spots since 2015 (#13 → #17)
  • Biggest jump: 4 spots in 1964 (#20 → #16)
  • Biggest drop: 4 spots in 1968 (#13 → #17)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1892 at #3 (3,461 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 73 yrs
  • Top 10: 73 yrs · run 1880–1923
  • Top 100: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 47
  • Highest: 1 in 47 girls born in 1880 were named Elizabeth (2.1%)
  • Latest: 1 in 238 girls born in 2025 (0.42%)
  • Its best rank, #3 in 1892, was only 1 in 61 (1.6%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 11.8% of all girls named Elizabeth (198,972) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s25,006#3 (1888)#4
1890s33,879#3 (1892)#5
1900s41,708#6 (1905)#6
1910s116,811#7 (1911)#8
1920s139,672#8 (1920)#11
1930s96,480#15 (1930)#17
1940s116,551#20 (1940)#24
1950s165,656#20 (1954)#22
1960s168,920#13 (1967)#17
1970s142,845#11 (1979)#15
1980s198,972#8 (1982)#10
1990s172,693#9 (1990)#9
2000s133,568#9 (2000)#10
2010s94,103#10 (2012)#12
2020s41,893#14 (2021)#16

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.

Elizabeth in 1924

girls
#11
14,950 births · 1 in 84 girls
boys
#1,107
42 births · 1 in 26,970 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #11Elizabeth14,950

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #1,107Elizabeth42
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 84 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.8% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #8Mildred15,853
  2. #9Doris15,786
  3. #10Frances15,183
  4. #11Elizabeth14,950
  5. #12Evelyn13,358
  6. #13Anna13,076
  7. #14Marie11,575
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 26,970 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 77.7% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,093Myrl43
  2. #1,093Quincy43
  3. #1,093Raoul43
  4. #1,107Elizabeth42
  5. #1,107Adolf42
  6. #1,107Allyn42
  7. #1,107Arch42
  8. #1,117Annie41
  9. #1,117Bartholomew41
  10. #1,117Bedford41

Tied with 9 names at #1,107; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 436Faustino#1,420 → #984
  2. ↑ 338Conway#1,275 → #937
  3. ↑ 310Coolidge#1,041 → #731
  4. ↑ 291Chas#1,235 → #944
  5. ↑ 287Leopoldo#1,194 → #907
Fallers
  1. ↓ 466Cliff#992 → #1,458
  2. ↓ 403Harding#860 → #1,263
  3. ↓ 367Dempsey#750 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 363Price#924 → #1,287
  5. ↓ 350Terrence#873 → #1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →