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#10rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #13 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 82 girlsAKMaine: #12 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 71 girlsMEVermont: #8 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 51 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #7 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 55 girlsNHWashington: #13 for girls · 279 births · 1 in 103 girlsWAIdaho: #10 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 78 girlsIDMontana: #10 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 71 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #21 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 90 girlsNDMinnesota: #10 for girls · 344 births · 1 in 73 girlsMNIllinois: #7 for girls · 808 births · 1 in 90 girlsILWisconsin: #9 for girls · 367 births · 1 in 71 girlsWIMichigan: #14 for girls · 584 births · 1 in 90 girlsMINew York: #12 for girls · 996 births · 1 in 108 girlsNYMassachusetts: #8 for girls · 463 births · 1 in 71 girlsMARhode Island: #12 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 69 girlsRIOregon: #9 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 85 girlsORNevada: #12 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 99 girlsNVWyoming: #16 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 72 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #8 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 62 girlsSDIowa: #9 for girls · 209 births · 1 in 68 girlsIAIndiana: #10 for girls · 410 births · 1 in 80 girlsINOhio: #13 for girls · 731 births · 1 in 87 girlsOHPennsylvania: #13 for girls · 667 births · 1 in 93 girlsPANew Jersey: #19 for girls · 385 births · 1 in 111 girlsNJConnecticut: #13 for girls · 202 births · 1 in 81 girlsCTCalifornia: #8 for girls · 2,246 births · 1 in 104 girlsCAUtah: #14 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 112 girlsUTColorado: #12 for girls · 223 births · 1 in 91 girlsCONebraska: #8 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 60 girlsNEMissouri: #12 for girls · 346 births · 1 in 86 girlsMOKentucky: #15 for girls · 246 births · 1 in 80 girlsKYWest Virginia: #17 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 90 girlsWVVirginia: #11 for girls · 442 births · 1 in 77 girlsVAMaryland: #13 for girls · 271 births · 1 in 91 girlsMDDelaware: #14 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 66 girlsDEArizona: #11 for girls · 252 births · 1 in 108 girlsAZNew Mexico: #19 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 113 girlsNMKansas: #11 for girls · 166 births · 1 in 77 girlsKSArkansas: #19 for girls · 113 births · 1 in 103 girlsARTennessee: #17 for girls · 307 births · 1 in 95 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #9 for girls · 479 births · 1 in 80 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #12 for girls · 216 births · 1 in 76 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #11 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 84 girlsDCOklahoma: #15 for girls · 164 births · 1 in 96 girlsOKLouisiana: #17 for girls · 203 births · 1 in 108 girlsLAMississippi: #26 for girls · 98 births · 1 in 123 girlsMSAlabama: #16 for girls · 238 births · 1 in 87 girlsALGeorgia: #13 for girls · 437 births · 1 in 94 girlsGAHawaii: #34 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 152 girlsHITexas: #9 for girls · 1,295 births · 1 in 105 girlsTXFlorida: #19 for girls · 652 births · 1 in 112 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Hampshire#7 · 1 in 55
  2. Illinois#7 · 1 in 90
  3. Vermont#8 · 1 in 51
  4. Nebraska#8 · 1 in 60
  5. South Dakota#8 · 1 in 62

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Illinois#78081 in 90
New Hampshire#7921 in 55
California#82,2461 in 104
Massachusetts#84631 in 71
Nebraska#81401 in 60
South Dakota#8531 in 62
Vermont#8391 in 51
Iowa#92091 in 68
North Carolina#94791 in 80
Oregon#91911 in 85
Texas#91,2951 in 105
Wisconsin#93671 in 71
Idaho#10721 in 78
Indiana#104101 in 80
Minnesota#103441 in 73
Montana#10441 in 71
Arizona#112521 in 108
District of Columbia#11481 in 84
Kansas#111661 in 77
Virginia#114421 in 77
Colorado#122231 in 91
Maine#12681 in 71
Missouri#123461 in 86
Nevada#12811 in 99
New York#129961 in 108
Rhode Island#12661 in 69
South Carolina#122161 in 76
Alaska#13321 in 82
Connecticut#132021 in 81
Georgia#134371 in 94
Maryland#132711 in 91
Ohio#137311 in 87
Pennsylvania#136671 in 93
Washington#132791 in 103
Delaware#14481 in 66
Michigan#145841 in 90
Utah#141321 in 112
Kentucky#152461 in 80
Oklahoma#151641 in 96
Alabama#162381 in 87
Wyoming#16201 in 72
Louisiana#172031 in 108
Tennessee#173071 in 95
West Virginia#17861 in 90
Arkansas#191131 in 103
Florida#196521 in 112
New Jersey#193851 in 111
New Mexico#19761 in 113
North Dakota#21361 in 90
Mississippi#26981 in 123
Hawaii#34291 in 152

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 1995

girls
#10
16,192 births · 1 in 109 girls
boys
#1,914
44 births · 1 in 43,266 boys

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #1,914Elizabeth44
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 109 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 99.9% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #7Hannah17,018
  2. #8Brittany16,477
  3. #9Amanda16,354
  4. #10Elizabeth16,192
  5. #11Kayla16,087
  6. #12Rachel16,047
  7. #13Megan15,530
Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,718Iridian#7,604 → #886
  2. ↑ 2,689Daija#3,615 → #926
  3. ↑ 2,119Lyric#2,752 → #633
  4. ↑ 1,910Daja#2,877 → #967
  5. ↑ 1,602Shania#2,047 → #445
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,205Nohely#896 → #2,101
  2. ↓ 1,048Zana#802 → #1,850
  3. ↓ 869Kadijah#512 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 609Clarisa#664 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 514Dayana#751 → #1,265

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

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 43,266 of them was named Elizabeth, which outranked 81.5% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elizabeth
  1. #1,887Toney45
  2. #1,887Wiley45
  3. #1,887Zebulon45
  4. #1,914Elizabeth44
  5. #1,914Alfonzo44
  6. #1,914Alijah44
  7. #1,914Amani44
  8. #1,955Alexi43
  9. #1,955Aren43
  10. #1,955Bowen43

Tied with 40 names at #1,914; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

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

See the top 100 for 1995 →