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
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Elizabet vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Elizabet's 1,761 recorded births place it above 92.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

4 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (1989)
445
Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
0100200300400500 195319671976198519942003201220242025 7

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

births

What this shows Peak: 1980s at 646 births (37% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

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 vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%10%20%30% 050100150 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -88, 2.4%-138, 3.3%-32, 5.7%-73, 5.2%-128, 4.4%-102, 3.4%-143, 4%-36, 9.5%-113, 2%-109, 5.8%-35, 6.5%-36, 6.7%-46, 5.9%-32, 7.4%-70, 3%Elizabet-73, 25.3%Elizabet
Elizabet vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Elizabet by state

Where Elizabet concentrates geographically, total births since 1953

Regionally concentrated
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Elizabet
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%
New York share of Elizabet's total US births 24.4%
Even split

429 of 1,761 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Elizabet?
1,761 babies have been named Elizabet since 1953. All-time, it sits at #5,130 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #12,098 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 1989 with 445 births.
Where does Elizabet sit in the SSA name archive?
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. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Elizabet most popular?
Elizabet was most popular in the 1980s decade with 646 total births. The single peak year was 1989.
Where is Elizabet most popular?
The top states for the name Elizabet are New York (429 births), California (413 births), Texas (92 births).
How long has the name Elizabet been used?
Records for Elizabet go back to 1953, giving 73 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Elizabet?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Elizabeth, Eliana, Elise, Eliza, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.

Keep exploring Elizabet

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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.

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.