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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #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 1980

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #12 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 66 girlsAKMaine: #13 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 70 girlsMEVermont: #9 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 55 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #8 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 54 girlsNHWashington: #10 for girls · 370 births · 1 in 73 girlsWAIdaho: #20 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 92 girlsIDMontana: #21 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 98 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #24 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 91 girlsNDMinnesota: #9 for girls · 480 births · 1 in 61 girlsMNIllinois: #7 for girls · 1,193 births · 1 in 65 girlsILWisconsin: #13 for girls · 466 births · 1 in 68 girlsWIMichigan: #10 for girls · 884 births · 1 in 68 girlsMINew York: #7 for girls · 1,341 births · 1 in 74 girlsNYMassachusetts: #6 for girls · 635 births · 1 in 49 girlsMARhode Island: #8 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 53 girlsRIOregon: #11 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 71 girlsORNevada: #19 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 80 girlsNVWyoming: #11 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 64 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #21 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 102 girlsSDIowa: #13 for girls · 272 births · 1 in 74 girlsIAIndiana: #13 for girls · 483 births · 1 in 77 girlsINOhio: #10 for girls · 1,067 births · 1 in 69 girlsOHPennsylvania: #12 for girls · 857 births · 1 in 80 girlsPANew Jersey: #14 for girls · 438 births · 1 in 85 girlsNJConnecticut: #5 for girls · 314 births · 1 in 47 girlsCTCalifornia: #8 for girls · 2,213 births · 1 in 78 girlsCAUtah: #19 for girls · 179 births · 1 in 92 girlsUTColorado: #12 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 85 girlsCONebraska: #15 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 72 girlsNEMissouri: #12 for girls · 450 births · 1 in 74 girlsMOKentucky: #14 for girls · 348 births · 1 in 71 girlsKYWest Virginia: #20 for girls · 128 births · 1 in 94 girlsWVVirginia: #6 for girls · 520 births · 1 in 57 girlsVAMaryland: #18 for girls · 257 births · 1 in 79 girlsMDDelaware: #6 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 50 girlsDEArizona: #14 for girls · 208 births · 1 in 93 girlsAZNew Mexico: #12 for girls · 110 births · 1 in 85 girlsNMKansas: #18 for girls · 183 births · 1 in 83 girlsKSArkansas: #19 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 104 girlsARTennessee: #17 for girls · 326 births · 1 in 87 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #8 for girls · 487 births · 1 in 68 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #10 for girls · 265 births · 1 in 68 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #5 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 54 girlsDCOklahoma: #17 for girls · 199 births · 1 in 97 girlsOKLouisiana: #17 for girls · 293 births · 1 in 105 girlsLAMississippi: #14 for girls · 177 births · 1 in 93 girlsMSAlabama: #15 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 89 girlsALGeorgia: #12 for girls · 406 births · 1 in 87 girlsGAHawaii: #21 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 126 girlsHITexas: #6 for girls · 1,454 births · 1 in 82 girlsTXFlorida: #13 for girls · 623 births · 1 in 83 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#5 · 1 in 47
  2. District of Columbia#5 · 1 in 54
  3. Massachusetts#6 · 1 in 49
  4. Delaware#6 · 1 in 50
  5. Virginia#6 · 1 in 57

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Connecticut#53141 in 47
District of Columbia#51051 in 54
Delaware#6611 in 50
Massachusetts#66351 in 49
Texas#61,4541 in 82
Virginia#65201 in 57
Illinois#71,1931 in 65
New York#71,3411 in 74
California#82,2131 in 78
New Hampshire#8981 in 54
North Carolina#84871 in 68
Rhode Island#8861 in 53
Minnesota#94801 in 61
Vermont#9481 in 55
Michigan#108841 in 68
Ohio#101,0671 in 69
South Carolina#102651 in 68
Washington#103701 in 73
Oregon#112421 in 71
Wyoming#11501 in 64
Alaska#12431 in 66
Colorado#122321 in 85
Georgia#124061 in 87
Missouri#124501 in 74
New Mexico#121101 in 85
Pennsylvania#128571 in 80
Florida#136231 in 83
Indiana#134831 in 77
Iowa#132721 in 74
Maine#13871 in 70
Wisconsin#134661 in 68
Arizona#142081 in 93
Kentucky#143481 in 71
Mississippi#141771 in 93
New Jersey#144381 in 85
Alabama#152591 in 89
Nebraska#151491 in 72
Louisiana#172931 in 105
Oklahoma#171991 in 97
Tennessee#173261 in 87
Kansas#181831 in 83
Maryland#182571 in 79
Arkansas#191301 in 104
Nevada#19521 in 80
Utah#191791 in 92
Idaho#20751 in 92
West Virginia#201281 in 94
Hawaii#21401 in 126
Montana#21481 in 98
South Dakota#21461 in 102
North Dakota#24521 in 91

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 1980

girls
#9
19,529 births · 1 in 85 girls
boys
#1,022
78 births · 1 in 22,871 boys

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119

Top boys' names in 1980

  1. #1Michael68,683
  2. #2Christopher49,079
  3. #3Jason48,164
  4. #4David41,891
  5. #5James39,312
  6. #6Matthew37,834
  7. #7Joshua36,052
  8. #8John35,274
  9. #9Robert34,266
  10. #10Joseph30,185
  11. #1,022Elizabeth78
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 85 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.9% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #6Heather19,973
  2. #7Nicole19,917
  3. #8Amy19,833
  4. #9Elizabeth19,529
  5. #10Michelle19,119
  6. #11Kimberly18,497
  7. #12Angela17,969
Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,510Renada#2,218 → #708
  2. ↑ 1,173Tai#2,112 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,036Anya#1,592 → #556
  4. ↑ 601Chimere#1,503 → #902
  5. ↑ 517Brynn#1,442 → #925
Fallers
  1. ↓ 529Marlana#989 → #1,518
  2. ↓ 494Kizzy#647 → #1,141
  3. ↓ 369January#748 → #1,117
  4. ↓ 361Carisa#836 → #1,197
  5. ↓ 328Latonia#841 → #1,169

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

boys

1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 22,871 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 86.0% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,019Jarrad79
  2. #1,019Paulo79
  3. #1,019Skyler79
  4. #1,022Elizabeth78
  5. #1,022Alexandro78
  6. #1,022Carroll78
  7. #1,022Charley78
  8. #1,031Connor77
  9. #1,031Heather77
  10. #1,031Jarett77

Tied with 8 names at #1,022; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. ↑ 381Gideon#1,370 → #989
  2. ↑ 296Bo#864 → #568
  3. ↑ 270Anson#1,137 → #867
  4. ↑ 266Dustan#1,255 → #989
  5. ↑ 255Dusty#614 → #359
Fallers
  1. ↓ 366Harris#991 → #1,357
  2. ↓ 362Tracey#842 → #1,204
  3. ↓ 331Jevon#780 → #1,111
  4. ↓ 321Kennith#937 → #1,258
  5. ↓ 267Levar#644 → #911

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

See the top 100 for 1980 →