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Elizabeth: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 6,760 in 2025. Its best rank was #3 in 1892.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #3 in 1892; #17 in 2025. About 99.9% of babies named Elizabeth in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#17 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1892, at #3.
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Elizabeth: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 6,760 girls in 2025. Peak: #3 in 1892 · most girls in one year: 20,750 (1990).
In 2025, 6,760 US girls were named Elizabeth, making it the 17th most common girls’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 164 fewer than the 6,924 girls named Elizabeth in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #3, reached in 1892. The most girls given the name in a single year was 20,750, in 1990. For comparison, it was #13 in 2015 and #24 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Elizabeth in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 1,948 babies with the name. In all, 1,693,973 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.3% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1980s, with 199,972 babies named Elizabeth.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 77,027 US girls were named Elizabeth; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 9,607. In 2025 that was about 1 in 238 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Elizabeth ranked highest in Alabama in 2025, at #4 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 51 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Betty (1,004,857 babies since 1880), Lisa (970,012 babies since 1880), Isabella (417,454 babies since 1880) and Tina (293,050 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Elisabet, Liesel and Betina are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Bess, Bessie, Beth, Betsy, Betty and Eliza.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch, English and French. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Elisabet (1,520), Liesel (1,241), Betina (1,016), Lizzy (961), Elspeth (919), Ilsa (917), Elyzabeth (566), Elisse (519), Liisa (427), Elisabetta (359), Elizibeth (226), Elizebath (204), 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.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so every state is listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 163 | #4 | #5 |
| Mississippi | 81 | #5 | #11 |
| Wyoming | 15 | #5 | #14 |
| Tennessee | 218 | #9 | #8 |
| Georgia | 291 | #10 | #11 |
| South Carolina | 131 | #11 | #5 |
| Virginia | 244 | #11 | #9 |
| Missouri | 154 | #13 | #13 |
| Kansas | 84 | #13 | #6 |
| Idaho | 53 | #13 | #10 |
| Colorado | 148 | #13 | #14 |
| Arkansas | 67 | #14 | #13 |
| Maryland | 123 | #14 | #10 |
| Louisiana | 96 | #15 | #21 |
| District of Columbia | 22 | #15 | #8 |
| North Carolina | 260 | #15 | #9 |
| Kentucky | 119 | #15 | #13 |
| Montana | 27 | #16 | #6 |
| Texas | 771 | #16 | #13 |
| North Dakota | 24 | #17 | #24 |
| Indiana | 155 | #17 | #15 |
| Oklahoma | 89 | #17 | #6 |
| Iowa | 72 | #18 | #17 |
| New Hampshire | 35 | #18 | #16 |
| Washington | 157 | #18 | #10 |
| Illinois | 215 | #20 | #16 |
| Ohio | 234 | #21 | #15 |
| Nebraska | 46 | #21 | #7 |
| Minnesota | 110 | #23 | #11 |
| Wisconsin | 103 | #26 | #12 |
| Florida | 384 | #26 | #15 |
| Pennsylvania | 226 | #26 | #15 |
| Oregon | 69 | #26 | #14 |
| Arizona | 137 | #27 | #15 |
| Hawaii | 15 | #28 | #27 |
| Maine | 22 | #29 | #18 |
| South Dakota | 19 | #29 | #15 |
| Massachusetts | 122 | #30 | #19 |
| Nevada | 47 | #30 | #11 |
| Michigan | 156 | #31 | #11 |
| California | 641 | #31 | #18 |
| Utah | 87 | #31 | #12 |
| Alaska | 12 | #36 | #9 |
| Connecticut | 58 | #41 | #20 |
| New York | 271 | #43 | #18 |
| New Mexico | 21 | #46 | #29 |
| Vermont | 8 | #52 | #10 |
| Rhode Island | 14 | #53 | #35 |
| New Jersey | 114 | #58 | #19 |
| West Virginia | 20 | #63 | #23 |
| Delaware | 10 | #74 | #14 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6,760 | #17 | 5 | #12,572 |
| 2024 | 6,924 | #17 | 5 | #12,852 |
| 2023 | 6,616 | #15 | 8 | #9,160 |
| 2022 | 7,020 | #15 | — | — |
| 2021 | 7,265 | #14 | 5 | #12,687 |
| 2020 | 7,308 | #16 | — | — |
| 2019 | 7,923 | #14 | 11 | #7,301 |
| 2018 | 8,600 | #13 | — | — |
| 2017 | 9,004 | #13 | 9 | #8,344 |
| 2016 | 9,607 | #13 | 12 | #6,844 |
| 2015 | 9,771 | #13 | 6 | #11,082 |
| 2014 | 9,600 | #13 | 6 | #11,123 |
| 2013 | 9,476 | #10 | 12 | #6,732 |
| 2012 | 9,730 | #10 | 8 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 10,109 | #11 | 19 | #4,869 |
| 2010 | 10,283 | #12 | 8 | #9,041 |
| 2009 | 11,057 | #11 | 13 | #6,545 |
| 2008 | 12,027 | #9 | 13 | #6,508 |
| 2007 | 13,071 | #10 | 18 | #5,068 |
| 2006 | 12,440 | #11 | 17 | #5,141 |
| 2005 | 12,743 | #11 | 24 | #3,848 |
| 2004 | 13,577 | #10 | 63 | #1,939 |
| 2003 | 14,123 | #9 | 31 | #3,060 |
| 2002 | 14,621 | #11 | 21 | #3,952 |
| 2001 | 14,792 | #9 | 12 | #5,780 |
| 2000 | 15,117 | #9 | 22 | #3,671 |
| 1999 | 15,350 | #10 | 22 | #3,510 |
| 1998 | 15,193 | #10 | 23 | #3,322 |
| 1997 | 15,430 | #9 | 30 | #2,635 |
| 1996 | 16,003 | #10 | 26 | #2,859 |
| 1995 | 16,192 | #10 | 44 | #1,929 |
| 1994 | 16,786 | #9 | 44 | #1,903 |
| 1993 | 17,559 | #9 | 55 | #1,625 |
| 1992 | 19,035 | #9 | 52 | #1,664 |
| 1991 | 20,395 | #9 | 66 | #1,402 |
| 1990 | 20,750 | #9 | 91 | #1,129 |
| 1989 | 20,298 | #10 | 140 | #849 |
| 1988 | 20,042 | #10 | 102 | #957 |
| 1987 | 18,608 | #10 | 105 | #923 |
| 1986 | 19,074 | #10 | 96 | #933 |
| 1985 | 20,545 | #9 | 105 | #885 |
| 1984 | 20,360 | #10 | 94 | #909 |
| 1983 | 19,842 | #10 | 102 | #870 |
| 1982 | 20,506 | #8 | 88 | #958 |
| 1981 | 20,168 | #9 | 90 | #949 |
| 1980 | 19,529 | #9 | 78 | #1,026 |
| 1979 | 18,073 | #11 | 82 | #977 |
| 1978 | 16,807 | #14 | 70 | #1,044 |
| 1977 | 16,431 | #13 | 63 | #1,094 |
| 1976 | 13,547 | #16 | 61 | #1,070 |
| 1975 | 12,472 | #15 | 52 | #1,171 |
| 1974 | 12,259 | #12 | 62 | #1,047 |
| 1973 | 12,360 | #13 | 52 | #1,140 |
| 1972 | 12,182 | #15 | 55 | #1,102 |
| 1971 | 13,606 | #19 | 64 | #1,019 |
| 1970 | 15,108 | #18 | 67 | #994 |
| 1969 | 15,297 | #16 | 62 | #976 |
| 1968 | 14,887 | #17 | 53 | #1,020 |
| 1967 | 16,116 | #13 | 52 | #1,008 |
| 1966 | 15,887 | #16 | 51 | #1,019 |
| 1965 | 16,321 | #16 | 56 | #989 |
| 1964 | 17,294 | #16 | 48 | #1,101 |
| 1963 | 17,598 | #20 | 52 | #1,059 |
| 1962 | 17,806 | #20 | 46 | #1,139 |
| 1961 | 18,855 | #19 | 66 | #941 |
| 1960 | 18,859 | #18 | 59 | #1,000 |
| 1959 | 18,421 | #21 | 48 | #1,123 |
| 1958 | 18,535 | #22 | 46 | #1,139 |
| 1957 | 17,492 | #22 | 35 | #1,323 |
| 1956 | 16,355 | #22 | 33 | #1,345 |
| 1955 | 16,696 | #21 | 42 | #1,155 |
| 1954 | 16,584 | #20 | 41 | #1,173 |
| 1953 | 16,099 | #21 | 32 | #1,341 |
| 1952 | 16,022 | #22 | 29 | #1,415 |
| 1951 | 15,118 | #23 | 31 | #1,332 |
| 1950 | 14,334 | #24 | 29 | #1,347 |
| 1949 | 13,714 | #25 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1948 | 13,215 | #26 | 30 | #1,331 |
| 1947 | 13,440 | #25 | 33 | #1,279 |
| 1946 | 11,753 | #25 | 22 | #1,527 |
| 1945 | 10,343 | #26 | 25 | #1,331 |
| 1944 | 11,034 | #23 | 32 | #1,177 |
| 1943 | 11,644 | #23 | 37 | #1,126 |
| 1942 | 11,186 | #22 | 52 | #924 |
| 1941 | 10,267 | #21 | 49 | #910 |
| 1940 | 9,955 | #20 | 52 | #876 |
| 1939 | 9,709 | #18 | 50 | #870 |
| 1938 | 9,803 | #17 | 44 | #952 |
| 1937 | 9,385 | #17 | 50 | #873 |
| 1936 | 8,860 | #18 | 47 | #899 |
| 1935 | 9,075 | #17 | 41 | #998 |
| 1934 | 9,346 | #18 | 43 | #978 |
| 1933 | 9,016 | #17 | 38 | #1,056 |
| 1932 | 9,999 | #17 | 54 | #868 |
| 1931 | 10,292 | #16 | 48 | #946 |
| 1930 | 10,995 | #15 | 48 | #982 |
| 1929 | 11,248 | #15 | 61 | #838 |
| 1928 | 11,767 | #14 | 44 | #1,043 |
| 1927 | 12,523 | #13 | 56 | #913 |
| 1926 | 12,837 | #11 | 54 | #920 |
| 1925 | 13,936 | #10 | 37 | #1,170 |
| 1924 | 14,950 | #11 | 42 | #1,112 |
| 1923 | 15,459 | #9 | 41 | #1,119 |
| 1922 | 15,244 | #9 | 30 | #1,348 |
| 1921 | 15,800 | #10 | 35 | #1,238 |
| 1920 | 15,908 | #8 | 34 | #1,239 |
| 1919 | 15,287 | #8 | 19 | #1,767 |
| 1918 | 15,853 | #9 | 37 | #1,129 |
| 1917 | 15,131 | #8 | 31 | #1,226 |
| 1916 | 14,940 | #8 | 40 | #1,017 |
| 1915 | 14,103 | #8 | 27 | #1,275 |
| 1914 | 11,367 | #8 | 27 | #1,109 |
| 1913 | 9,505 | #8 | 24 | #1,029 |
| 1912 | 8,527 | #8 | 23 | #946 |
| 1911 | 6,298 | #7 | 18 | #764 |
| 1910 | 5,800 | #7 | 17 | #735 |
| 1909 | 5,176 | #7 | 13 | #816 |
| 1908 | 4,904 | #7 | 11 | #844 |
| 1907 | 4,624 | #7 | 13 | #751 |
| 1906 | 4,320 | #7 | 15 | #624 |
| 1905 | 4,121 | #6 | 13 | #675 |
| 1904 | 3,833 | #6 | 13 | #654 |
| 1903 | 3,724 | #6 | 11 | #709 |
| 1902 | 3,694 | #6 | 21 | #465 |
| 1901 | 3,216 | #6 | 9 | #742 |
| 1900 | 4,096 | #6 | 16 | #632 |
| 1899 | 3,287 | #7 | 13 | #557 |
| 1898 | 3,659 | #7 | 15 | #549 |
| 1897 | 3,442 | #6 | 12 | #625 |
| 1896 | 3,471 | #7 | 11 | #687 |
| 1895 | 3,603 | #5 | 17 | #494 |
| 1894 | 3,425 | #5 | 10 | #688 |
| 1893 | 3,360 | #5 | 12 | #584 |
| 1892 | 3,461 | #3 | 8 | #817 |
| 1891 | 3,059 | #4 | 6 | #880 |
| 1890 | 3,112 | #3 | 12 | #574 |
| 1889 | 3,058 | #3 | 16 | #470 |
| 1888 | 3,224 | #3 | 12 | #586 |
| 1887 | 2,681 | #3 | 14 | #466 |
| 1886 | 2,680 | #4 | 11 | #580 |
| 1885 | 2,582 | #4 | 9 | #661 |
| 1884 | 2,549 | #4 | 16 | #473 |
| 1883 | 2,255 | #4 | 13 | #501 |
| 1882 | 2,186 | #4 | 7 | #777 |
| 1881 | 1,852 | #4 | — | — |
| 1880 | 1,939 | #4 | 9 | #649 |
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).