Elisabeth
Elisabeth was given to 282 girls in 2025, #925 among girls’ names; 48,045 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 38,900 Americans named Elisabeth and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (81% of everyone recorded); the median is 35 years old and half are between 23 and 49.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Elisabeth by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Elisabeth mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Elisabeth is “a female given name from Hebrew, a less common form of Elizabeth in English.”
The spelling of Elizabeth used in the Authorized Version of the New Testament. Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἐλισάβετ (Elisábet), a transliteration of Hebrew אֱלִישֶׁבַע (Elishéva, “my God is an oath”).
/ᵻˈlɪz.ə.bəθ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Elisabeth?
#925 among girls’ names, 2025
Elisabeth fell from #709 in 2015 to #925 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.23 to 0.18 per 1,000.
1,093 babies in 2001, the peak
Elisabeth peaked in 2001, when 1,093 girls were given it, #286 among girls’ names. The 282 births of 2025 are 26% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 282 | #925 | 0.18 |
| 2024 | 292 | #908 | 0.18 |
| 2023 | 257 | #995 | 0.16 |
| 2022 | 272 | #978 | 0.17 |
| 2021 | 255 | #1,003 | 0.16 |
| 2020 | 261 | #976 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 293 | #906 | 0.17 |
| 2018 | 349 | #782 | 0.21 |
| 2017 | 359 | #771 | 0.21 |
| 2016 | 427 | #685 | 0.24 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 403 | #709 | 0.23 |
| 2014 | 489 | #602 | 0.27 |
| 2013 | 461 | #608 | 0.26 |
| 2012 | 465 | #617 | 0.26 |
| 2011 | 476 | #603 | 0.27 |
| 2010 | 499 | #588 | 0.28 |
| 2009 | 554 | #551 | 0.30 |
| 2008 | 586 | #522 | 0.31 |
| 2007 | 628 | #508 | 0.33 |
| 2006 | 613 | #497 | 0.32 |
| 2005 | 682 | #444 | 0.37 |
| 2004 | 702 | #434 | 0.38 |
| 2003 | 710 | #423 | 0.39 |
| 2002 | 824 | #363 | 0.46 |
| 2001 | 1,093 | #286 | 0.61 |
| 2000 | 735 | #390 | 0.40 |
| 1999 | 694 | #402 | 0.39 |
| 1998 | 740 | #382 | 0.42 |
| 1997 | 865 | #328 | 0.50 |
| 1996 | 739 | #366 | 0.42 |
| 1995 | 701 | #374 | 0.40 |
| 1994 | 727 | #360 | 0.41 |
| 1993 | 788 | #334 | 0.44 |
| 1992 | 760 | #341 | 0.41 |
| 1991 | 734 | #353 | 0.39 |
| 1990 | 765 | #348 | 0.40 |
| 1989 | 813 | #312 | 0.44 |
| 1988 | 714 | #346 | 0.40 |
| 1987 | 722 | #339 | 0.42 |
| 1986 | 705 | #340 | 0.41 |
| 1985 | 771 | #313 | 0.45 |
| 1984 | 791 | #302 | 0.47 |
| 1983 | 704 | #328 | 0.42 |
| 1982 | 804 | #304 | 0.47 |
| 1981 | 735 | #321 | 0.44 |
| 1980 | 752 | #323 | 0.45 |
| 1979 | 626 | #362 | 0.39 |
| 1978 | 589 | #359 | 0.38 |
| 1977 | 576 | #372 | 0.38 |
| 1976 | 497 | #405 | 0.34 |
| 1975 | 460 | #429 | 0.32 |
| 1974 | 413 | #447 | 0.28 |
| 1973 | 373 | #480 | 0.26 |
| 1972 | 353 | #500 | 0.23 |
| 1971 | 399 | #483 | 0.24 |
| 1970 | 427 | #475 | 0.24 |
| 1969 | 411 | #476 | 0.24 |
| 1968 | 437 | #461 | 0.27 |
| 1967 | 468 | #434 | 0.28 |
| 1966 | 445 | #443 | 0.26 |
| 1965 | 458 | #441 | 0.26 |
| 1964 | 439 | #462 | 0.23 |
| 1963 | 466 | #447 | 0.24 |
| 1962 | 401 | #482 | 0.20 |
| 1961 | 369 | #509 | 0.18 |
| 1960 | 378 | #498 | 0.19 |
| 1959 | 327 | #538 | 0.16 |
| 1958 | 331 | #533 | 0.16 |
| 1957 | 316 | #538 | 0.15 |
| 1956 | 312 | #525 | 0.16 |
| 1955 | 229 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1954 | 259 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1953 | 218 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1952 | 201 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1951 | 184 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1950 | 187 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1949 | 182 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1948 | 175 | #623 | 0.10 |
| 1947 | 207 | #592 | 0.12 |
| 1946 | 146 | #656 | 0.09 |
| 1945 | 148 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1944 | 150 | #599 | 0.11 |
| 1943 | 146 | #629 | 0.10 |
| 1942 | 149 | #614 | 0.11 |
| 1941 | 138 | #602 | 0.11 |
| 1940 | 114 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 129 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1938 | 128 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 137 | #575 | 0.13 |
| 1936 | 120 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1935 | 109 | #624 | 0.10 |
| 1934 | 122 | #591 | 0.12 |
| 1933 | 123 | #579 | 0.12 |
| 1932 | 114 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1931 | 156 | #528 | 0.15 |
| 1930 | 146 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 153 | #553 | 0.14 |
| 1928 | 156 | #564 | 0.14 |
| 1927 | 177 | #535 | 0.15 |
| 1926 | 182 | #518 | 0.15 |
| 1925 | 184 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1924 | 200 | #495 | 0.16 |
| 1923 | 189 | #507 | 0.16 |
| 1922 | 222 | #462 | 0.18 |
| 1921 | 245 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 259 | #413 | 0.22 |
| 1919 | 273 | #393 | 0.24 |
| 1918 | 292 | #383 | 0.25 |
| 1917 | 331 | #344 | 0.31 |
| 1916 | 278 | #372 | 0.27 |
| 1915 | 261 | #373 | 0.27 |
| 1914 | 217 | #359 | 0.28 |
| 1913 | 180 | #362 | 0.29 |
| 1912 | 131 | #405 | 0.23 |
| 1911 | 96 | #409 | 0.23 |
| 1910 | 102 | #390 | 0.26 |
| 1909 | 93 | #386 | 0.27 |
| 1908 | 89 | #383 | 0.27 |
| 1907 | 90 | #370 | 0.28 |
| 1906 | 82 | #377 | 0.28 |
| 1905 | 88 | #358 | 0.30 |
| 1904 | 53 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1903 | 60 | #409 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 50 | #442 | 0.19 |
| 1901 | 51 | #422 | 0.21 |
| 1900 | 54 | #460 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 52 | #405 | 0.22 |
| 1898 | 66 | #380 | 0.26 |
| 1897 | 57 | #384 | 0.24 |
| 1896 | 50 | #407 | 0.21 |
| 1895 | 43 | #434 | 0.18 |
| 1894 | 58 | #369 | 0.26 |
| 1893 | 48 | #388 | 0.23 |
| 1892 | 55 | #358 | 0.26 |
| 1891 | 27 | #497 | 0.15 |
| 1890 | 23 | #553 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 45 | #358 | 0.25 |
| 1888 | 33 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1887 | 33 | #374 | 0.23 |
| 1886 | 43 | #320 | 0.30 |
| 1885 | 32 | #357 | 0.24 |
| 1884 | 32 | #352 | 0.25 |
| 1883 | 26 | #356 | 0.23 |
| 1882 | 29 | #328 | 0.27 |
| 1881 | 25 | #319 | 0.27 |
| 1880 | 24 | #328 | 0.26 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Elisabeth a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Elisabeth has been given almost only to girls: 27 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Elisabeth: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Elisabeth, and how old are they?
38,900 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 81% of the 48,045 Americans ever recorded as Elisabeth. The median Elisabeth alive today is 35 years old; half are between 23 and 49.
The 2020 Census counted 45,239 people named Elisabeth (45,184 women and girls, 55 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 38,524 born in the U.S. The Census count is 17% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 723 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 4,250 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 7,160 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 11,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 10,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,370 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Elisabeth born?
The states with the most babies named Elisabeth are California, Texas and Florida, with 32% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 31 | #919 | 1.0× |
| Texas | 29 | #987 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 16 | #972 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 12 | #796 | 0.8× |
| Alabama | 12 | #398 | 0.6× |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #832 | 1.0× |
| Ohio | 11 | #825 | 0.9× |
| Tennessee | 11 | #664 | 0.7× |
| New York | 9 | #1,440 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 9 | #952 | 1.0× |
Where Elisabeth is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Elisabeth is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Elisabeth with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 1,742,962 babies since 1880, Elisabeth is the second most given (2.8% of them). In 2025 it was given to 282 of their 7,062 babies (4.0%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Elisabeth
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Elisabeth and names like it
- Compare Elisabeth and ElizabethBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sElisabeth peaked in 2001.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Elisabeth since 1910.
- The top names of 2001The year the most babies were named Elisabeth.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Elisabeth alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with EMost given first.