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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201943peak #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 1943

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #16 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 52 girlsAKMaine: #13 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 78 girlsMEVermont: #16 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 74 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #14 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 71 girlsNHWashington: #37 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 193 girlsWAIdaho: #45 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 197 girlsIDMontana: #37 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 147 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #42 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 158 girlsNDMinnesota: #31 for girls · 196 births · 1 in 128 girlsMNIllinois: #34 for girls · 407 births · 1 in 172 girlsILWisconsin: #33 for girls · 176 births · 1 in 160 girlsWIMichigan: #33 for girls · 375 births · 1 in 150 girlsMINew York: #15 for girls · 1,341 births · 1 in 85 girlsNYMassachusetts: #16 for girls · 528 births · 1 in 74 girlsMARhode Island: #13 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 70 girlsRIOregon: #33 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 154 girlsORNevada: #16 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 59 girlsNVWyoming: #34 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 136 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #47 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 178 girlsSDIowa: #35 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 163 girlsIAIndiana: #32 for girls · 205 births · 1 in 159 girlsINOhio: #36 for girls · 380 births · 1 in 171 girlsOHPennsylvania: #20 for girls · 975 births · 1 in 92 girlsPANew Jersey: #13 for girls · 500 births · 1 in 72 girlsNJConnecticut: #11 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 63 girlsCTCalifornia: #35 for girls · 407 births · 1 in 192 girlsCAUtah: #76 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 300 girlsUTColorado: #28 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 127 girlsCONebraska: #35 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 152 girlsNEMissouri: #34 for girls · 217 births · 1 in 152 girlsMOKentucky: #24 for girls · 271 births · 1 in 107 girlsKYWest Virginia: #27 for girls · 169 births · 1 in 115 girlsWVVirginia: #16 for girls · 366 births · 1 in 83 girlsVAMaryland: #16 for girls · 255 births · 1 in 74 girlsMDDelaware: #8 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 46 girlsDEArizona: #31 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 138 girlsAZNew Mexico: #29 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 131 girlsNMKansas: #34 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 164 girlsKSArkansas: #27 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 127 girlsARTennessee: #19 for girls · 339 births · 1 in 95 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #20 for girls · 463 births · 1 in 93 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #14 for girls · 324 births · 1 in 77 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #12 for girls · 171 births · 1 in 56 girlsDCOklahoma: #38 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 184 girlsOKLouisiana: #18 for girls · 214 births · 1 in 128 girlsLAMississippi: #18 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 112 girlsMSAlabama: #15 for girls · 387 births · 1 in 88 girlsALGeorgia: #17 for girls · 343 births · 1 in 107 girlsGAHawaii: #24 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 107 girlsHITexas: #27 for girls · 482 births · 1 in 154 girlsTXFlorida: #19 for girls · 228 births · 1 in 91 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#8 · 1 in 46
  2. Connecticut#11 · 1 in 63
  3. District of Columbia#12 · 1 in 56
  4. Rhode Island#13 · 1 in 70
  5. New Jersey#13 · 1 in 72

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#8501 in 46
Connecticut#112591 in 63
District of Columbia#121711 in 56
Maine#13991 in 78
New Jersey#135001 in 72
Rhode Island#13881 in 70
New Hampshire#14541 in 71
South Carolina#143241 in 77
Alabama#153871 in 88
New York#151,3411 in 85
Alaska#1681 in 52
Maryland#162551 in 74
Massachusetts#165281 in 74
Nevada#16151 in 59
Vermont#16351 in 74
Virginia#163661 in 83
Georgia#173431 in 107
Louisiana#182141 in 128
Mississippi#182241 in 112
Florida#192281 in 91
Tennessee#193391 in 95
North Carolina#204631 in 93
Pennsylvania#209751 in 92
Hawaii#24401 in 107
Kentucky#242711 in 107
Arkansas#271631 in 127
Texas#274821 in 154
West Virginia#271691 in 115
Colorado#28821 in 127
New Mexico#29471 in 131
Arizona#31471 in 138
Minnesota#311961 in 128
Indiana#322051 in 159
Michigan#333751 in 150
Oregon#33681 in 154
Wisconsin#331761 in 160
Illinois#344071 in 172
Kansas#34901 in 164
Missouri#342171 in 152
Wyoming#34141 in 136
California#354071 in 192
Iowa#351271 in 163
Nebraska#35671 in 152
Ohio#363801 in 171
Montana#37291 in 147
Washington#37961 in 193
Oklahoma#381161 in 184
North Dakota#42331 in 158
Idaho#45231 in 197
South Dakota#47281 in 178
Utah#76231 in 300

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 1943

girls
#23
11,644 births · 1 in 120 girls
boys
#1,120
37 births · 1 in 38,576 boys

Top girls' names in 1943

  1. #1Mary66,174
  2. #2Barbara43,432
  3. #3Patricia39,620
  4. #4Linda38,439
  5. #5Carol31,686
  6. #6Sandra25,990
  7. #7Judith25,214
  8. #8Sharon24,712
  9. #9Nancy23,988
  10. #10Betty21,596
  11. #23Elizabeth11,644

Top boys' names in 1943

  1. #1James80,278
  2. #2Robert74,892
  3. #3John68,929
  4. #4William55,904
  5. #5Richard46,339
  6. #6David37,240
  7. #7Charles36,632
  8. #8Thomas32,874
  9. #9Ronald29,239
  10. #10Michael24,745
  11. #1,120Elizabeth37
More about 1943

girls

1,395,293 girls got a published name in 1943; 1 in 120 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.6% of the 5,367 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #20Janet13,316
  2. #21Joan13,232
  3. #22Kathleen12,153
  4. #23Elizabeth11,644
  5. #24Diane11,326
  6. #25Virginia10,847
  7. #26Janice10,651
Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 878Tana#1,559 → #681
  2. ↑ 754Rozanne#1,706 → #952
  3. ↑ 722Cheryle#1,592 → #870
  4. ↑ 596Tena#1,592 → #996
  5. ↑ 525Alexis#1,349 → #824
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Florida#997 → #1,591
  2. ↓ 467Jerilynn#581 → #1,048
  3. ↓ 364Lorelei#864 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 308Kaaren#536 → #844
  5. ↓ 305Erna#864 → #1,169

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

boys

1,427,297 boys got a published name in 1943; 1 in 38,576 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 72.3% of the 4,040 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,106Lafayette38
  2. #1,106Linton38
  3. #1,106Paris38
  4. #1,120Elizabeth37
  5. #1,120Casimir37
  6. #1,120Darvin37
  7. #1,120Deane37
  8. #1,140Abner36
  9. #1,140Adolphus36
  10. #1,140Chesley36

Tied with 19 names at #1,120; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1942
Risers
  1. ↑ 514Derek#1,228 → #714
  2. ↑ 465Armond#1,421 → #956
  3. ↑ 368Les#1,214 → #846
  4. ↑ 347Aron#1,244 → #897
  5. ↑ 321Edsel#1,167 → #846
Fallers
  1. ↓ 500Humberto#780 → #1,280
  2. ↓ 352Chauncey#928 → #1,280
  3. ↓ 352Clearence#991 → #1,343
  4. ↓ 344Macarthur#512 → #856
  5. ↓ 325Reyes#933 → #1,258

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

See the top 100 for 1943 →