Eliza Girl
How popular is Eliza?
#115 girl name in 2025
2,370 baby girls were named Eliza in the US in 2025, making it the 115th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Eliza popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #115 for girls (▲ 3 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 2,370 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+29% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #175 in 2015, #115 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (2,484 girls) |
| Highest rank | #85 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Eliza counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Eliza family of names ranked #98 for girls in 2025 (#97 the year before), with 3,288 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Eliza | 2,370 | 72% |
| Elisa | 674 | 20% |
| Elissa | 108 | 3% |
| Elyssa | 26 | 1% |
| Elyza | 56 | 2% |
| Elizah | 41 | 1% |
| Elysa | 13 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Eliza is most popular
Babies named Eliza per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Vermont: 4.3 per 1,000 (21 girls)
- Montana: 4.2 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- New Hampshire: 4.2 per 1,000 (77 girls)
- Maine: 3.6 per 1,000 (55 girls)
- Kentucky: 3.3 per 1,000 (282 girls)
Eliza by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,851 | #85 |
| 1890s | 2,723 | #130 |
| 1900s | 2,397 | #165 |
| 1910s | 3,289 | #234 |
| 1920s | 3,227 | #327 |
| 1930s | 1,817 | #423 |
| 1940s | 1,391 | #572 |
| 1950s | 1,057 | #778 |
| 1960s | 1,007 | #965 |
| 1970s | 1,725 | #698 |
| 1980s | 2,774 | #599 |
| 1990s | 4,750 | #435 |
| 2000s | 9,608 | #278 |
| 2010s | 17,726 | #119 |
| 2020s | 14,227 | #111 |
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Questions
- Is Eliza a boy or girl name?
- Eliza is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Eliza were girls.
- How popular is the name Eliza?
- 2,370 baby girls were named Eliza in the US in 2025, making it the 115th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Eliza most popular?
- Eliza peaked in 2021, when 2,484 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #85 in 1880.
- How many people are named Eliza?
- 70,771 babies have been named Eliza in the US since 1880. We estimate about 53,633 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Eliza most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Eliza was most common in Vermont, at 4.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.