Girls' name · since 1880
Elisabeth
Elisabeth has 48,018 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 48,018
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Yes -- Elisabeth is the #925 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 48,018 recorded since 1880.
Elisabeth has 48,018 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #925 as of the latest data, more common than 95% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #606 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #925 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 48,018 born since 1880
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elisabeth ranks #606 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #925 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 48,018 born since 1880, peaking in the 1990s.
- #606 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #925 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 48,018
- born since 1880
- 1990s
- peak decade
Elisabeth's 48,018 recorded births place it above 99.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Elisabeth compares
48,018 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Elisabeth's all-time total is 128x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elisabeth | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 48,018 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,093 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elisabeth's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elisabeth's full recorded timeline at 1953, 81% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 19% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1890, with just 23 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2001 peak of 1,093 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elisabeth popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (2001)
- 1,093
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Elisabeth popularity over time - boys
27 total births recorded since 1979 (Elisabeth as boys' name)
Elisabeth by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (7,513 births, 16% of the file).
1990s was Elisabeth's strongest decade.
7,513 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 16% of all-time use.
Elisabeth births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 322
1880s
322 births
- 1890s 479
1890s
479 births
- 1900s 710
1900s
710 births
- 1910s 2,161
1910s
2,161 births
- 1920s 1,967
1920s
1,967 births
- 1930s 1,284
1930s
1,284 births
- 1940s 1,555
1940s
1,555 births
- 1950s 2,564
1950s
2,564 births
- 1960s
1960s
4,272 births
- 1970s
1970s
4,713 births
- 1980s
1980s
7,511 births
- 1990s
1990s
7,513 births
- 2000s
2000s
7,127 births
- 2010s
2010s
4,221 births
- 2020s 1,619
2020s
1,619 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 7,513 births (16% of all-time use).
How Elisabeth 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 Elisabeth's total volume
Elisabeth by state
Where Elisabeth concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5,271 | 11.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 3,859 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,884 | 6.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 2,339 | 4.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,297 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 1,954 | 4.1% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 1,912 | 4.0% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 1,661 | 3.5% |
5,271 of 48,018 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Elisabeth appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Elisabeth's data
- Elisabeth's decade-level peak was the 1990s (7,513 total births); usage has since declined to 1,619 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Elisabeths (5,271 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Elisabeth: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Elisabeth 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.