Elizabeth Girl
How popular is Elizabeth?
#17 girl name in 2025
6,760 baby girls were named Elizabeth in the US in 2025, making it the 17th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Elizabeth popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #17 for girls |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 6,760 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-31% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #13 in 2015, #16 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (20,750 girls) |
| Highest rank | #3 in 1887 (5 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 5% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Elizabeth counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Elizabeth family of names ranked #25 for girls in 2025, with 7,050 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth | 6,760 | 96% |
| Elisabeth | 282 | 4% |
| Elyzabeth | 8 | 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 Elizabeth is most popular
Babies named Elizabeth per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 13.4 per 1,000 (57 girls)
- District of Columbia: 11.6 per 1,000 (138 girls)
- Vermont: 10.5 per 1,000 (51 girls)
- Montana: 9.2 per 1,000 (124 girls)
- Alaska: 9.1 per 1,000 (78 girls)
Elizabeth by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25,006 | #3 |
| 1890s | 33,879 | #3 |
| 1900s | 41,708 | #6 |
| 1910s | 116,811 | #7 |
| 1920s | 139,672 | #8 |
| 1930s | 96,480 | #15 |
| 1940s | 116,551 | #20 |
| 1950s | 165,656 | #20 |
| 1960s | 168,920 | #13 |
| 1970s | 142,845 | #11 |
| 1980s | 198,972 | #8 |
| 1990s | 172,693 | #9 |
| 2000s | 133,568 | #9 |
| 2010s | 94,103 | #10 |
| 2020s | 41,893 | #14 |
Girl names about as popular as Elizabeth
Questions
- Is Elizabeth a boy or girl name?
- Elizabeth is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Elizabeth were girls.
- How popular is the name Elizabeth?
- 6,760 baby girls were named Elizabeth in the US in 2025, making it the 17th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Elizabeth most popular?
- Elizabeth peaked in 1990, when 20,750 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #3, held for 5 years starting in 1887.
- How many people are named Elizabeth?
- 1,693,973 babies have been named Elizabeth in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,159,542 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 44.
- Where is Elizabeth most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Elizabeth was most common in Wyoming, at 13.4 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.