How common is the name Elizabeth?

1,206,652 people in the United States have the first name Elizabeth, about 1 in 250. It ranks #18 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ELIZABETH

#18

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
1,206,652
About
1 in 250
This common or more
11.6%
Who bears it

Of the 1,206,652 people named Elizabeth, 73.8% reported their origin as White, 16.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.1% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Elizabeth peaked in 1990, when 20,841 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
20,841
In 2025*
6,765 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,693,973 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Elizabeth by decade

Among all names given to American babies, it ranked #10 in every decade from the 1890s to the 1900s. The largest share of babies named Elizabeth, 18.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#1125,113
1890s#1033,995
1900s#1041,843
1910s#16117,074
1920s#23140,106
1930s#3496,943
1940s#46116,909
1950s#48166,022
1960s#42169,465
1970s#36143,473
1980s#30199,972
1990s#34173,146
2000s#39133,802
2010s#4494,194
2020s#5641,916
Before 19013.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2716%
Silent Generation 1928–4510.9%
Baby boom 1946–6418.2%
Generation X 1965–8014.3%
Millennials 1981–9618.2%
Generation Z 1997–1212.4%
2013 and later6.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Elizabeth is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elizabeth has been most common in Vermont (1.6×), Delaware (1.6×), and Connecticut (1.5×), and least common in Oklahoma (0.74×).

1,589,725 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Elizabeth

#16 Jose · 1,211,106#17 Charles · 1,207,972#19 Patricia · 1,189,825#20 Linda · 1,164,876

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elizabeth, most common first.

#964 Elisabeth · 45,239#5,733 Elizabet · 2,923#5,835 Elizebeth · 2,847#7,659 Elizbeth · 1,971#8,904 Elisabet · 1,599#9,408 Elizaveta · 1,477#14,753 Elizabth · 793#16,344 Elizibeth · 692

Also a last name

As a last name, Elizabeth ranks #22,666 of 156,621, with 1,161 people. See Elizabeth as a last name

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