Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Elizabeth

#2 most common girls' name of all time · #14 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#2
Rank overall
#14 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,693,973
Since 2016
77,082
Peak year
1990 #9
Best rank
#3 1887
Girls Boys peak 20,841/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Elizabeth is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6,760 5 6,765 #17
2024 6,924 5 6,929 #17
2023 6,616 8 6,624 #15
2022 7,020 7,020 #15
2021 7,265 5 7,270 #14
2020 7,308 7,308 #16
2019 7,923 11 7,934 #14
2018 8,600 8,600 #13
2017 9,004 9 9,013 #13
2016 9,607 12 9,619 #13
2015 9,771 6 9,777 #13
2014 9,600 6 9,606 #13
2013 9,476 12 9,488 #10
2012 9,730 8 9,738 #10
2011 10,109 19 10,128 #11
2010 10,283 8 10,291 #12
2009 11,057 13 11,070 #11
2008 12,027 13 12,040 #9
2007 13,071 18 13,089 #10
2006 12,440 17 12,457 #11
2005 12,743 24 12,767 #11
2004 13,577 63 13,640 #10
2003 14,123 31 14,154 #9
2002 14,621 21 14,642 #11
2001 14,792 12 14,804 #9
2000 15,117 22 15,139 #9
1999 15,350 22 15,372 #10
1998 15,193 23 15,216 #10
1997 15,430 30 15,460 #9
1996 16,003 26 16,029 #10
1995 16,192 44 16,236 #10
1994 16,786 44 16,830 #9
1993 17,559 55 17,614 #9
1992 19,035 52 19,087 #9
1991 20,395 66 20,461 #9
1990 20,750 91 20,841 #9
1989 20,298 140 20,438 #10
1988 20,042 102 20,144 #10
1987 18,608 105 18,713 #10
1986 19,074 96 19,170 #10
1985 20,545 105 20,650 #9
1984 20,360 94 20,454 #10
1983 19,842 102 19,944 #10
1982 20,506 88 20,594 #8
1981 20,168 90 20,258 #9
1980 19,529 78 19,607 #9
1979 18,073 82 18,155 #11
1978 16,807 70 16,877 #14
1977 16,431 63 16,494 #13
1976 13,547 61 13,608 #16
1975 12,472 52 12,524 #15
1974 12,259 62 12,321 #12
1973 12,360 52 12,412 #13
1972 12,182 55 12,237 #15
1971 13,606 64 13,670 #19
1970 15,108 67 15,175 #18
1969 15,297 62 15,359 #16
1968 14,887 53 14,940 #17
1967 16,116 52 16,168 #13
1966 15,887 51 15,938 #16
1965 16,321 56 16,377 #16
1964 17,294 48 17,342 #16
1963 17,598 52 17,650 #20
1962 17,806 46 17,852 #20
1961 18,855 66 18,921 #19
1960 18,859 59 18,918 #18
1959 18,421 48 18,469 #21
1958 18,535 46 18,581 #22
1957 17,492 35 17,527 #22
1956 16,355 33 16,388 #22
1955 16,696 42 16,738 #21
1954 16,584 41 16,625 #20
1953 16,099 32 16,131 #21
1952 16,022 29 16,051 #22
1951 15,118 31 15,149 #23
1950 14,334 29 14,363 #24
1949 13,714 26 13,740 #25
1948 13,215 30 13,245 #26
1947 13,440 33 13,473 #25
1946 11,753 22 11,775 #25
1945 10,343 25 10,368 #26
1944 11,034 32 11,066 #23
1943 11,644 37 11,681 #23
1942 11,186 52 11,238 #22
1941 10,267 49 10,316 #21
1940 9,955 52 10,007 #20
1939 9,709 50 9,759 #18
1938 9,803 44 9,847 #17
1937 9,385 50 9,435 #17
1936 8,860 47 8,907 #18
1935 9,075 41 9,116 #17
1934 9,346 43 9,389 #18
1933 9,016 38 9,054 #17
1932 9,999 54 10,053 #17
1931 10,292 48 10,340 #16
1930 10,995 48 11,043 #15
1929 11,248 61 11,309 #15
1928 11,767 44 11,811 #14
1927 12,523 56 12,579 #13
1926 12,837 54 12,891 #11
1925 13,936 37 13,973 #10
1924 14,950 42 14,992 #11
1923 15,459 41 15,500 #9
1922 15,244 30 15,274 #9
1921 15,800 35 15,835 #10
1920 15,908 34 15,942 #8
1919 15,287 19 15,306 #8
1918 15,853 37 15,890 #9
1917 15,131 31 15,162 #8
1916 14,940 40 14,980 #8
1915 14,103 27 14,130 #8
1914 11,367 27 11,394 #8
1913 9,505 24 9,529 #8
1912 8,527 23 8,550 #8
1911 6,298 18 6,316 #7
1910 5,800 17 5,817 #7
1909 5,176 13 5,189 #7
1908 4,904 11 4,915 #7
1907 4,624 13 4,637 #7
1906 4,320 15 4,335 #7
1905 4,121 13 4,134 #6
1904 3,833 13 3,846 #6
1903 3,724 11 3,735 #6
1902 3,694 21 3,715 #6
1901 3,216 9 3,225 #6
1900 4,096 16 4,112 #6
1899 3,287 13 3,300 #7
1898 3,659 15 3,674 #7
1897 3,442 12 3,454 #6
1896 3,471 11 3,482 #7
1895 3,603 17 3,620 #5
1894 3,425 10 3,435 #5
1893 3,360 12 3,372 #5
1892 3,461 8 3,469 #3
1891 3,059 6 3,065 #4
1890 3,112 12 3,124 #3
1889 3,058 16 3,074 #3
1888 3,224 12 3,236 #3
1887 2,681 14 2,695 #3
1886 2,680 11 2,691 #4
1885 2,582 9 2,591 #4
1884 2,549 16 2,565 #4
1883 2,255 13 2,268 #4
1882 2,186 7 2,193 #4
1881 1,852 1,852 #4
1880 1,939 9 1,948 #4