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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #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 1949

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #9 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 45 girlsAKMaine: #22 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 96 girlsMEVermont: #19 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 82 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #19 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 82 girlsNHWashington: #33 for girls · 154 births · 1 in 163 girlsWAIdaho: #42 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 175 girlsIDMontana: #38 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 169 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #44 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 180 girlsNDMinnesota: #27 for girls · 255 births · 1 in 127 girlsMNIllinois: #29 for girls · 560 births · 1 in 153 girlsILWisconsin: #30 for girls · 253 births · 1 in 146 girlsWIMichigan: #31 for girls · 453 births · 1 in 156 girlsMINew York: #18 for girls · 1,522 births · 1 in 93 girlsNYMassachusetts: #15 for girls · 646 births · 1 in 69 girlsMARhode Island: #26 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 91 girlsRIOregon: #40 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 181 girlsORNevada: #25 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 93 girlsNVWyoming: #21 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 91 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #47 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 207 girlsSDIowa: #45 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 192 girlsIAIndiana: #35 for girls · 284 births · 1 in 148 girlsINOhio: #34 for girls · 608 births · 1 in 143 girlsOHPennsylvania: #18 for girls · 1,039 births · 1 in 99 girlsPANew Jersey: #16 for girls · 493 births · 1 in 86 girlsNJConnecticut: #17 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 77 girlsCTCalifornia: #27 for girls · 752 births · 1 in 151 girlsCAUtah: #65 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 265 girlsUTColorado: #26 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 126 girlsCONebraska: #40 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 175 girlsNEMissouri: #31 for girls · 266 births · 1 in 146 girlsMOKentucky: #27 for girls · 298 births · 1 in 114 girlsKYWest Virginia: #25 for girls · 226 births · 1 in 106 girlsWVVirginia: #16 for girls · 398 births · 1 in 90 girlsVAMaryland: #21 for girls · 224 births · 1 in 100 girlsMDDelaware: #18 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 79 girlsDEArizona: #22 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 122 girlsAZNew Mexico: #13 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 93 girlsNMKansas: #47 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 193 girlsKSArkansas: #33 for girls · 156 births · 1 in 143 girlsARTennessee: #23 for girls · 335 births · 1 in 112 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #16 for girls · 520 births · 1 in 94 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #16 for girls · 307 births · 1 in 91 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #18 for girls · 143 births · 1 in 80 girlsDCOklahoma: #42 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 187 girlsOKLouisiana: #18 for girls · 311 births · 1 in 108 girlsLAMississippi: #22 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 136 girlsMSAlabama: #17 for girls · 365 births · 1 in 102 girlsALGeorgia: #21 for girls · 369 births · 1 in 115 girlsGAHawaii: #18 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 108 girlsHITexas: #23 for girls · 684 births · 1 in 138 girlsTXFlorida: #18 for girls · 265 births · 1 in 102 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Alaska#9 · 1 in 45
  2. New Mexico#13 · 1 in 93
  3. Massachusetts#15 · 1 in 69
  4. New Jersey#16 · 1 in 86
  5. Virginia#16 · 1 in 90

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Alaska#9231 in 45
New Mexico#13931 in 93
Massachusetts#156461 in 69
New Jersey#164931 in 86
North Carolina#165201 in 94
South Carolina#163071 in 91
Virginia#163981 in 90
Alabama#173651 in 102
Connecticut#172231 in 77
Delaware#18371 in 79
District of Columbia#181431 in 80
Florida#182651 in 102
Hawaii#18491 in 108
Louisiana#183111 in 108
New York#181,5221 in 93
Pennsylvania#181,0391 in 99
New Hampshire#19611 in 82
Vermont#19431 in 82
Georgia#213691 in 115
Maryland#212241 in 100
Wyoming#21281 in 91
Arizona#22731 in 122
Maine#22951 in 96
Mississippi#222151 in 136
Tennessee#233351 in 112
Texas#236841 in 138
Nevada#25121 in 93
West Virginia#252261 in 106
Colorado#261131 in 126
Rhode Island#26801 in 91
California#277521 in 151
Kentucky#272981 in 114
Minnesota#272551 in 127
Illinois#295601 in 153
Wisconsin#302531 in 146
Michigan#314531 in 156
Missouri#312661 in 146
Arkansas#331561 in 143
Washington#331541 in 163
Ohio#346081 in 143
Indiana#352841 in 148
Montana#38361 in 169
Nebraska#40771 in 175
Oregon#40831 in 181
Idaho#42351 in 175
Oklahoma#421151 in 187
North Dakota#44371 in 180
Iowa#451421 in 192
Kansas#47931 in 193
South Dakota#47341 in 207
Utah#65311 in 265

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 1949

girls
#25
13,714 births · 1 in 125 girls
boys
#1,434
26 births · 1 in 68,228 boys

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #25Elizabeth13,714

Top boys' names in 1949

  1. #1James86,858
  2. #2Robert83,873
  3. #3John81,178
  4. #4William61,506
  5. #5Michael60,047
  6. #6David59,611
  7. #7Richard50,946
  8. #8Thomas45,192
  9. #9Charles40,052
  10. #10Larry31,819
  11. #1,434Elizabeth26
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 125 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.6% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #22Betty14,936
  2. #23Janet14,860
  3. #24Janice14,453
  4. #25Elizabeth13,714
  5. #26Joyce13,572
  6. #27Cynthia12,901
  7. #28Cheryl12,007
Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 937Sharman#1,708 → #771
  2. ↑ 665Roseanna#1,422 → #757
  3. ↑ 483Shauna#1,173 → #690
  4. ↑ 293Jacalyn#1,116 → #823
  5. ↑ 267Sanjuana#1,185 → #918
Fallers
  1. ↓ 339Sandie#939 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 296Syble#955 → #1,251
  3. ↓ 272Shirleen#964 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 266Ginny#734 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 260Dina#861 → #1,121

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

boys

1,773,939 boys got a published name in 1949; 1 in 68,228 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 65.9% of the 4,205 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,409Titus27
  2. #1,409Vester27
  3. #1,409Winthrop27
  4. #1,434Elizabeth26
  5. #1,434Abelardo26
  6. #1,434Aloysius26
  7. #1,434Arch26
  8. #1,462Agapito25
  9. #1,462Arlo25
  10. #1,462Arvel25

Tied with 27 names at #1,434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 538Lannie#1,107 → #569
  2. ↑ 411Lenwood#1,296 → #885
  3. ↑ 338Robby#1,296 → #958
  4. ↑ 326Ocie#1,323 → #997
  5. ↑ 319Denzil#1,127 → #808
Fallers
  1. ↓ 473Loyal#989 → #1,462
  2. ↓ 446Rich#963 → #1,409
  3. ↓ 395Brock#733 → #1,128
  4. ↓ 376Baron#972 → #1,348
  5. ↓ 333Murry#989 → #1,322

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

See the top 100 for 1949 →