Girls' name · since 1953
Elizabet
1,761 babies named Elizabet in U.S. Social Security records since 1953, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,098 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,761
- born since 1953
- 1980s
- peak decade
1,761 babies have been named Elizabet since 1953, making it today's #12098 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elizabet has been recorded 1,761 times among girls since 1953, currently ranked #12098 nationally and more common than 30% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 2025.
- #5,130 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #12,098 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,761 born since 1953
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Elizabet ranks #5,130 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,098 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,761 born since 1953, peaking in the 1980s.
- #5,130 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #12,098 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,761
- born since 1953
- 1980s
- peak decade
Elizabet's 1,761 recorded births place it above 92.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Elizabet compares
1,761 Top 24% higher than 76% 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
Elizabet's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Elizabet | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,761 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 445 | 21 | 19,840 |
Elizabet's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Elizabet's full recorded timeline at 1990, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 445 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Elizabet popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–2025
- Peak year (1989)
- 445
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Currently ranks #12098 among girls.
1,761 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 445 births in a single year.
Elizabet by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (646 births, 37% of the file).
1980s was Elizabet's strongest decade.
646 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 37% of all-time use.
Elizabet births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 15
1950s
15 births
- 1960s 93
1960s
93 births
- 1970s 165
1970s
165 births
- 1980s
1980s
646 births
- 1990s
1990s
383 births
- 2000s
2000s
311 births
- 2010s 108
2010s
108 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 646 births (37% of all-time use).
Elizabet decade highlights
- Peak decade 646 births
- Runner-up 383 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
How Elizabet 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 Elizabet's total volume
Elizabet by state
Where Elizabet concentrates geographically, total births since 1953
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 429 | 24.4% |
| #2 | California | | 413 | 23.5% |
| #3 | Texas | | 92 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
429 of 1,761 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 24.4% of nationwide
- California 23.5% of nationwide
- Texas 5.2% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 4 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 24.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Elizabet's data
- Elizabet's decade-level peak was the 1980s (646 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Elizabets (429 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Elizabet: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~72 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, 1953–2025 (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 Elizabet 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.
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