Eliza — #119 US girls' name
68,173 babies named Eliza in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.3% of names given to girls today.
26% of everyone ever named Eliza was born in this single decade.
2,481 babies were named Eliza in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Eliza
The Social Security Administration has registered 68,173 babies named Eliza between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Eliza currently holds the #119 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 2,481 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Eliza performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 17,720 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Eliza shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,863 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Eliza in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Eliza 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 68,173 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.
Eliza at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Eliza popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2021)
- 2,481
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #119 among girls.
68,173 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 2,481 births in a single year.
Eliza popularity over time — boys
197 total births recorded since 1880 (Eliza as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Eliza accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Eliza by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 17,720 births that decade — 26% of Eliza's all-time total
Eliza decade highlights
- Peak decade 17,720 births
- Runner-up 11,836 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Eliza's strongest decade
17,720 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 26% of all-time use.
Eliza by state
Where Eliza concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,863 | 7.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 4,840 | 7.1% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,360 | 4.9% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 2,597 | 3.8% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 2,125 | 3.1% |
| #6 | South Carolina | | 2,044 | 3.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 2,013 | 3.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 1,975 | 2.9% |
4,863 of 68,173 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.1% of nationwide
- Texas 7.1% of nationwide
- New York 4.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 3.8% of nationwide
- Virginia 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Eliza appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.