Meaning not yet researched.
Eliza: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 2,370 in 2025. Its best rank was #85 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #85 in 1880; #115 in 2025. About 99.7% of babies named Eliza in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#115 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #85.
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Eliza: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 2,370 girls in 2025. Peak: #85 in 1880 · most girls in one year: 2,484 (2021).
In 2025, 2,370 US girls were named Eliza, making it the 115th most common girls’ name of the year, up 3 places from #118 in 2024. That is 53 more than the 2,317 girls named Eliza in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #85, reached in 1880. The most girls given the name in a single year was 2,484, in 2021. For comparison, it was #175 in 2015 and #786 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Eliza in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 258 babies with the name. In all, 70,771 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 17,731 babies named Eliza.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 22,898 US girls were named Eliza; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 2,484. In 2025 that was about 1 in 678 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Eliza ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #39 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 21 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Elisa (47,804 babies since 1880), Aliza (11,975 babies since 1880), Elizabet (1,761 babies since 1880) and Elissa (18,033 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elysa, Elizah and Ellisa are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Elizabeth.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, Polish and Swedish. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elysa (1,523), Elizah (1,385), Ellisa (868), Elesa (216), Iliza (213), Ilisa (175), Elaiza (151), Elisah (139), Elyzah (79), Eloiza (63), Elizza (52), Elliza (48), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Eliza is listed as a nickname for Elizabeth, Louisa, Louise.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 2 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 27 | #39 | #108 |
| South Carolina | 63 | #54 | #88 |
| New Hampshire | 18 | #59 | — |
| North Dakota | 13 | #62 | #85 |
| Wyoming | 6 | #63 | — |
| Vermont | 6 | #67 | #91 |
| Kentucky | 55 | #67 | #163 |
| Alaska | 8 | #73 | #149 |
| Massachusetts | 67 | #80 | #158 |
| Mississippi | 26 | #80 | #185 |
| Michigan | 87 | #82 | #168 |
| Louisiana | 44 | #84 | #180 |
| South Dakota | 11 | #86 | #158 |
| Virginia | 78 | #89 | #112 |
| Alabama | 47 | #89 | #258 |
| Tennessee | 79 | #90 | #151 |
| North Carolina | 108 | #91 | #146 |
| Indiana | 66 | #91 | #125 |
| Ohio | 103 | #93 | #160 |
| Nebraska | 21 | #96 | #208 |
| Oregon | 33 | #99 | #119 |
| Oklahoma | 34 | #105 | #363 |
| Utah | 39 | #109 | #39 |
| Rhode Island | 8 | #110 | — |
| Colorado | 47 | #114 | #119 |
| Georgia | 83 | #115 | #215 |
| Missouri | 48 | #123 | #134 |
| Washington | 53 | #124 | #149 |
| Montana | 8 | #125 | #186 |
| Wisconsin | 41 | #127 | #208 |
| Minnesota | 42 | #127 | #184 |
| Illinois | 73 | #131 | #198 |
| Idaho | 15 | #133 | #66 |
| Arkansas | 21 | #140 | #125 |
| Pennsylvania | 74 | #147 | #182 |
| Maryland | 33 | #149 | #197 |
| Texas | 211 | #150 | #223 |
| Florida | 114 | #155 | #330 |
| Iowa | 20 | #160 | #198 |
| Arizona | 40 | #160 | #198 |
| New Mexico | 9 | #166 | #405 |
| Kansas | 20 | #167 | #210 |
| California | 189 | #168 | #258 |
| New York | 91 | #179 | #215 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #179 | #122 |
| Maine | 6 | #181 | #128 |
| Connecticut | 18 | #181 | #148 |
| New Jersey | 41 | #202 | #279 |
| Nevada | 13 | #202 | #217 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,370 | #115 | 5 | #12,571 |
| 2024 | 2,317 | #118 | — | — |
| 2023 | 2,360 | #116 | 7 | #10,034 |
| 2022 | 2,347 | #121 | — | — |
| 2021 | 2,484 | #111 | 6 | #11,156 |
| 2020 | 2,349 | #115 | — | — |
| 2019 | 2,454 | #119 | — | — |
| 2018 | 2,266 | #131 | 5 | #12,714 |
| 2017 | 2,084 | #140 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,867 | #174 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,836 | #175 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,605 | #212 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,622 | #201 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,421 | #223 | — | — |
| 2011 | 1,260 | #255 | — | — |
| 2010 | 1,311 | #241 | — | — |
| 2009 | 1,182 | #278 | — | — |
| 2008 | 1,028 | #326 | — | — |
| 2007 | 1,007 | #333 | — | — |
| 2006 | 1,015 | #326 | — | — |
| 2005 | 1,046 | #305 | — | — |
| 2004 | 991 | #320 | — | — |
| 2003 | 944 | #334 | — | — |
| 2002 | 830 | #359 | — | — |
| 2001 | 806 | #369 | — | — |
| 2000 | 759 | #379 | — | — |
| 1999 | 631 | #435 | — | — |
| 1998 | 573 | #449 | — | — |
| 1997 | 570 | #446 | — | — |
| 1996 | 539 | #466 | — | — |
| 1995 | 506 | #488 | — | — |
| 1994 | 379 | #594 | — | — |
| 1993 | 403 | #582 | — | — |
| 1992 | 339 | #660 | — | — |
| 1991 | 386 | #591 | — | — |
| 1990 | 424 | #556 | — | — |
| 1989 | 303 | #673 | — | — |
| 1988 | 329 | #609 | — | — |
| 1987 | 293 | #643 | — | — |
| 1986 | 231 | #752 | — | — |
| 1985 | 242 | #712 | — | — |
| 1984 | 244 | #688 | 6 | #5,802 |
| 1983 | 280 | #619 | — | — |
| 1982 | 300 | #599 | — | — |
| 1981 | 277 | #641 | 6 | #5,710 |
| 1980 | 275 | #658 | 5 | #6,554 |
| 1979 | 242 | #698 | — | — |
| 1978 | 203 | #758 | — | — |
| 1977 | 223 | #700 | — | — |
| 1976 | 198 | #741 | — | — |
| 1975 | 146 | #899 | — | — |
| 1974 | 141 | #901 | — | — |
| 1973 | 154 | #844 | — | — |
| 1972 | 146 | #874 | — | — |
| 1971 | 115 | #1,049 | — | — |
| 1970 | 157 | #858 | — | — |
| 1969 | 123 | #965 | — | — |
| 1968 | 111 | #993 | — | — |
| 1967 | 101 | #1,025 | — | — |
| 1966 | 110 | #975 | — | — |
| 1965 | 96 | #1,071 | — | — |
| 1964 | 85 | #1,198 | — | — |
| 1963 | 97 | #1,106 | — | — |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1961 | 91 | #1,156 | — | — |
| 1960 | 100 | #1,076 | — | — |
| 1959 | 86 | #1,152 | — | — |
| 1958 | 91 | #1,105 | 5 | #4,118 |
| 1957 | 115 | #966 | 5 | #4,151 |
| 1956 | 106 | #992 | — | — |
| 1955 | 121 | #885 | — | — |
| 1954 | 87 | #1,054 | — | — |
| 1953 | 98 | #956 | — | — |
| 1952 | 102 | #915 | — | — |
| 1951 | 129 | #780 | — | — |
| 1950 | 122 | #786 | — | — |
| 1949 | 144 | #707 | — | — |
| 1948 | 119 | #789 | — | — |
| 1947 | 118 | #805 | — | — |
| 1946 | 133 | #700 | — | — |
| 1945 | 160 | #578 | — | — |
| 1944 | 134 | #633 | — | — |
| 1943 | 138 | #646 | — | — |
| 1942 | 151 | #606 | 5 | #3,718 |
| 1941 | 146 | #579 | — | — |
| 1940 | 148 | #573 | — | — |
| 1939 | 152 | #539 | — | — |
| 1938 | 168 | #519 | — | — |
| 1937 | 132 | #585 | 7 | #2,996 |
| 1936 | 146 | #538 | — | — |
| 1935 | 158 | #507 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1934 | 175 | #483 | 8 | #2,804 |
| 1933 | 197 | #468 | 6 | #3,383 |
| 1932 | 238 | #426 | 5 | #3,922 |
| 1931 | 205 | #449 | — | — |
| 1930 | 246 | #423 | 8 | #3,104 |
| 1929 | 259 | #411 | 5 | #4,142 |
| 1928 | 239 | #439 | 8 | #3,165 |
| 1927 | 286 | #404 | 9 | #2,980 |
| 1926 | 311 | #389 | 7 | #3,483 |
| 1925 | 335 | #375 | — | — |
| 1924 | 359 | #363 | — | — |
| 1923 | 333 | #365 | 6 | #3,944 |
| 1922 | 361 | #344 | 7 | #3,622 |
| 1921 | 352 | #350 | — | — |
| 1920 | 392 | #327 | — | — |
| 1919 | 388 | #320 | 7 | #3,514 |
| 1918 | 386 | #329 | 8 | #3,185 |
| 1917 | 377 | #316 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 1916 | 328 | #342 | 8 | #2,994 |
| 1915 | 356 | #313 | 9 | #2,688 |
| 1914 | 311 | #296 | — | — |
| 1913 | 315 | #260 | 7 | #2,335 |
| 1912 | 297 | #260 | 6 | #2,360 |
| 1911 | 258 | #244 | — | — |
| 1910 | 273 | #234 | — | — |
| 1909 | 249 | #226 | — | — |
| 1908 | 243 | #221 | 5 | #1,442 |
| 1907 | 232 | #217 | — | — |
| 1906 | 209 | #217 | — | — |
| 1905 | 222 | #204 | — | — |
| 1904 | 204 | #212 | — | — |
| 1903 | 247 | #186 | — | — |
| 1902 | 249 | #184 | — | — |
| 1901 | 207 | #198 | — | — |
| 1900 | 335 | #166 | — | — |
| 1899 | 256 | #171 | — | — |
| 1898 | 259 | #181 | — | — |
| 1897 | 244 | #175 | — | — |
| 1896 | 260 | #167 | — | — |
| 1895 | 273 | #159 | — | — |
| 1894 | 297 | #146 | — | — |
| 1893 | 272 | #148 | — | — |
| 1892 | 285 | #144 | — | — |
| 1891 | 280 | #130 | — | — |
| 1890 | 297 | #132 | — | — |
| 1889 | 307 | #126 | — | — |
| 1888 | 343 | #110 | — | — |
| 1887 | 290 | #106 | — | — |
| 1886 | 287 | #109 | — | — |
| 1885 | 300 | #101 | — | — |
| 1884 | 280 | #101 | — | — |
| 1883 | 274 | #95 | — | — |
| 1882 | 280 | #92 | — | — |
| 1881 | 238 | #91 | — | — |
| 1880 | 252 | #85 | 6 | #849 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).