Girls' name · since 1978
Alizabeth
Alizabeth has 1,868 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,615 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,868
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alizabeth is the #5615 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,868 recorded since 1978.
Alizabeth has 1,868 recorded births among girls since 1978, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5615 as of the latest data, more common than 68% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #4,914 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,615 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,868 born since 1978
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alizabeth ranks #4,914 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,615 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,868 born since 1978, peaking in the 2000s.
- #4,914 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,615 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,868
- born since 1978
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alizabeth's 1,868 recorded births place it above 93.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
14 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Alizabeth compares
1,868 Top 23% higher than 77% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alizabeth's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alizabeth | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,868 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 91 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alizabeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alizabeth's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 65% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 35%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2007 peak of 91, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alizabeth popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 91
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Alizabeth by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (651 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Alizabeth's strongest decade.
651 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Alizabeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 138
1980s
138 births
- 1990s
1990s
400 births
- 2000s
2000s
651 births
- 2010s
2010s
509 births
- 2020s 153
2020s
153 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 651 births (35% of all-time use).
How Alizabeth compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alizabeth's total volume
Alizabeth by state
Where Alizabeth concentrates geographically, total births since 1978
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 148 | 7.9% |
| #2 | California | | 102 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 23 | 1.2% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 16 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Arizona | | 11 | 0.6% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 6 | 0.3% |
148 of 1,868 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 14 reporting states.
Alizabeth appears in 14 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alizabeth's data
- Alizabeth's decade-level peak was the 2000s (651 total births); usage has since declined to 153 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Alizabeths (148 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alizabeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~47 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alizabeth draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.