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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201994peak #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 1994

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #7 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 58 girlsAKMaine: #13 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 74 girlsMEVermont: #8 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 54 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #7 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 57 girlsNHWashington: #13 for girls · 279 births · 1 in 104 girlsWAIdaho: #9 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 78 girlsIDMontana: #21 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 95 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #10 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 62 girlsNDMinnesota: #12 for girls · 365 births · 1 in 70 girlsMNIllinois: #10 for girls · 805 births · 1 in 92 girlsILWisconsin: #10 for girls · 367 births · 1 in 72 girlsWIMichigan: #14 for girls · 574 births · 1 in 94 girlsMINew York: #11 for girls · 1,128 births · 1 in 99 girlsNYMassachusetts: #8 for girls · 470 births · 1 in 72 girlsMARhode Island: #15 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 75 girlsRIOregon: #8 for girls · 201 births · 1 in 80 girlsORNevada: #15 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 95 girlsNVWyoming: #15 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 67 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #6 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 52 girlsSDIowa: #10 for girls · 190 births · 1 in 75 girlsIAIndiana: #11 for girls · 381 births · 1 in 86 girlsINOhio: #13 for girls · 728 births · 1 in 89 girlsOHPennsylvania: #14 for girls · 702 births · 1 in 93 girlsPANew Jersey: #23 for girls · 384 births · 1 in 115 girlsNJConnecticut: #10 for girls · 213 births · 1 in 80 girlsCTCalifornia: #6 for girls · 2,388 births · 1 in 102 girlsCAUtah: #13 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 109 girlsUTColorado: #14 for girls · 226 births · 1 in 90 girlsCONebraska: #9 for girls · 125 births · 1 in 65 girlsNEMissouri: #12 for girls · 375 births · 1 in 79 girlsMOKentucky: #18 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 86 girlsKYWest Virginia: #20 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 101 girlsWVVirginia: #9 for girls · 472 births · 1 in 75 girlsVAMaryland: #13 for girls · 274 births · 1 in 92 girlsMDDelaware: #25 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 99 girlsDEArizona: #16 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 112 girlsAZNew Mexico: #13 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 101 girlsNMKansas: #8 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 67 girlsKSArkansas: #15 for girls · 133 births · 1 in 86 girlsARTennessee: #11 for girls · 373 births · 1 in 78 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #12 for girls · 464 births · 1 in 82 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #11 for girls · 231 births · 1 in 72 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #13 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 93 girlsDCOklahoma: #17 for girls · 157 births · 1 in 103 girlsOKLouisiana: #26 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 133 girlsLAMississippi: #18 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 93 girlsMSAlabama: #14 for girls · 260 births · 1 in 81 girlsALGeorgia: #11 for girls · 471 births · 1 in 87 girlsGAHawaii: #33 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 151 girlsHITexas: #11 for girls · 1,345 births · 1 in 101 girlsTXFlorida: #17 for girls · 701 births · 1 in 106 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. South Dakota#6 · 1 in 52
  2. California#6 · 1 in 102
  3. New Hampshire#7 · 1 in 57
  4. Alaska#7 · 1 in 58
  5. Vermont#8 · 1 in 54

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
California#62,3881 in 102
South Dakota#6631 in 52
Alaska#7481 in 58
New Hampshire#7931 in 57
Kansas#81911 in 67
Massachusetts#84701 in 72
Oregon#82011 in 80
Vermont#8421 in 54
Idaho#9691 in 78
Nebraska#91251 in 65
Virginia#94721 in 75
Connecticut#102131 in 80
Illinois#108051 in 92
Iowa#101901 in 75
North Dakota#10491 in 62
Wisconsin#103671 in 72
Georgia#114711 in 87
Indiana#113811 in 86
New York#111,1281 in 99
South Carolina#112311 in 72
Tennessee#113731 in 78
Texas#111,3451 in 101
Minnesota#123651 in 70
Missouri#123751 in 79
North Carolina#124641 in 82
District of Columbia#13501 in 93
Maine#13691 in 74
Maryland#132741 in 92
New Mexico#13871 in 101
Ohio#137281 in 89
Utah#131271 in 109
Washington#132791 in 104
Alabama#142601 in 81
Colorado#142261 in 90
Michigan#145741 in 94
Pennsylvania#147021 in 93
Arkansas#151331 in 86
Nevada#15821 in 95
Rhode Island#15631 in 75
Wyoming#15221 in 67
Arizona#162421 in 112
Florida#177011 in 106
Oklahoma#171571 in 103
Kentucky#182321 in 86
Mississippi#181311 in 93
West Virginia#20781 in 101
Montana#21331 in 95
New Jersey#233841 in 115
Delaware#25341 in 99
Louisiana#261681 in 133
Hawaii#33311 in 151

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 1994

girls
#9
16,786 births · 1 in 106 girls
boys
#1,894
44 births · 1 in 43,910 boys

Top girls' names in 1994

  1. #1Jessica32,122
  2. #2Ashley30,281
  3. #3Emily24,154
  4. #4Samantha22,824
  5. #5Sarah22,299
  6. #6Taylor20,734
  7. #7Brittany18,900
  8. #8Amanda18,718
  9. #9Elizabeth16,786
  10. #10Megan16,580

Top boys' names in 1994

  1. #1Michael44,477
  2. #2Christopher34,807
  3. #3Matthew33,654
  4. #4Joshua31,374
  5. #5Tyler30,482
  6. #6Brandon29,492
  7. #7Jacob29,417
  8. #8Daniel28,065
  9. #9Nicholas27,770
  10. #10Andrew26,019
  11. #1,894Elizabeth44
More about 1994

girls

1,785,753 girls got a published name in 1994; 1 in 106 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.9% of the 15,759 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #6Taylor20,734
  2. #7Brittany18,900
  3. #8Amanda18,718
  4. #9Elizabeth16,786
  5. #10Megan16,580
  6. #11Nicole16,011
  7. #12Kayla15,885
Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,523Nohely#5,419 → #896
  2. ↑ 4,322Aaliyah#4,524 → #202
  3. ↑ 2,306Zana#3,108 → #802
  4. ↑ 1,711Aliyah#2,068 → #357
  5. ↑ 1,430Zhane#2,012 → #582
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,015Coraima#875 → #1,890
  2. ↓ 799Kalene#929 → #1,728
  3. ↓ 656Deyanira#938 → #1,594
  4. ↓ 577Crysta#968 → #1,545
  5. ↓ 562Hilary#647 → #1,209

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

boys

1,932,031 boys got a published name in 1994; 1 in 43,910 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 81.5% of the 10,245 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,868Weldon45
  2. #1,868Wiley45
  3. #1,868Zacharias45
  4. #1,894Elizabeth44
  5. #1,894Aram44
  6. #1,894Avrohom44
  7. #1,894Brando44
  8. #1,927Amari43
  9. #1,927Boston43
  10. #1,927Brodrick43

Tied with 32 names at #1,894; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1993
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,574Tyrin#2,509 → #935
  2. ↑ 714River#1,638 → #924
  3. ↑ 472Bryton#1,460 → #988
  4. ↑ 463Kahlil#1,444 → #981
  5. ↑ 446Jayden#1,295 → #849
Fallers
  1. ↓ 551Garth#965 → #1,516
  2. ↓ 364Jordy#828 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 342Montel#889 → #1,231
  4. ↓ 289Darrel#889 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 245Deante#859 → #1,104

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

See the top 100 for 1994 →