Alisabeth — girls' name
373 babies named Alisabeth in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
373 girls have been named Alisabeth since 1978, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2020.
- 373
- total births
- 1978–2020
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 37%
- born in that decade
37% of everyone ever named Alisabeth was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Alisabeth in 2001 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alisabeth
The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Alisabeth between 1978 and 2020, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alisabeth currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alisabeth performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 137 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Alisabeth shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alisabeth in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 373 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alisabeth at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alisabeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1978
- Peak year (2001)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
373 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 21 births in a single year.
Alisabeth by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 137 births that decade — 37% of Alisabeth's all-time total
Alisabeth decade highlights
- Peak decade 137 births
- Runner-up 115 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alisabeth's strongest decade
137 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.