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Elizabeth

Girls' name · Millennial-era perennial

Living in the US
~1,163,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#17 among girls
Births in 2025
6,765 1,693,973 since 1880
Typical age
43 years, median

Elizabeth popularity over time

Elizabeth rank by birth year, 1880–2025Elizabeth ranked #4 in 1880 and #17 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #3, in 1887.#10#17best #3 in 188718901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Elizabeth in 1990 than in any other year — 20,841 of them. It is present from 1880, the first year of the record. Elizabeth has spent 146 years inside the national top 100.

As of 2025 the name sits at #17, with 6,765 births that year. The ten-year change is -31%.

Babies named Elizabeth per yearPeaks at 20,841 births in 1990.20,841 in 1990018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Elizabeth?

Roughly 1,163,600 Elizabeths are alive in the US right now. That is out of 1,693,973 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Elizabeth?

Half of living Elizabeths are older than 43, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1980s. By the site’s era rules that makes Elizabeth a millennial-era perennial name.

Your Elizabeth

Ages of living people named ElizabethHalf of living Elizabeths are older than 43 and half younger.median 43020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Elizabeth is most common

Elizabeth is 2.8× as common in Wyoming as it is nationally. District of Columbia, Vermont and Alabama follow.

Where Elizabeth is used more than average5 states use the name Elizabeth more than the national average.Alaska: 1.9× the national rateAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: 1.9× the national rateVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: 2.8× the national rateWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: 2.4× the national rateDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: 1.9× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Elizabeth is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Wyoming 138 2.8×
District of Columbia 342 2.4×
Vermont 103 1.9×
Alabama 1,744 1.9×
Alaska 193 1.9×

Elizabeth in England and Wales

ONS recorded 624 births named Elizabeth in 2025, ranking it #74. That is 28% lower than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Elizabeth comes from

From Middle English Elizabeth, from the Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ, a transliteration of the Old Testament Biblical Hebrew אלישבע (“my God is an oath”). See El and שבועה. Doublet of Elisheba, Isabel.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Elizabeth

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Elizabeth II Queen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 1926–2022 254
Elizabeth I Queen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 1533–1603 185
Elizabeth Taylor British-American actress 1932–2011 143
Elizabeth Barrett Browning English poet 1806–1861 90
Elizabeth of Russia sixth Empress of Russia from 1741 to 1762 (lived 1709-1762) 1709–1762 85
Elizabeth Blackburn Australian-American biological researcher 1948 80
Elizabeth Olsen American actress 1989 79
Elizabeth Cady Stanton American writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist 1815–1902 78
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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