How Many People Are Named Eliza?
people named Eliza are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 6,408 people in the US has this name
Based on 70,771 babies named Eliza in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
2,490 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of ELIZABETH. It was borne by the character Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw's play 'Pygmalion' (1913) and the subsequent musical adaptation 'My Fair Lady' (1956).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Eliza (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Eliza alive today is about 18 years old, and 82% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Eliza first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 2,490 babies. In 2025, 2,375 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Eliza never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #85, in 1880, and it was in the top 100 for 4 years, 1880 to 1883. In 2025 it ranked #115.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #115 |
| Best rank | #85 (1880) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (1880 to 1883) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #182 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Eliza alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Eliza were born in California than in any other state: about 4,940 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Eliza was given 3.4 times as often in Vermont, 3.2 times in Utah and 2.7 times in Maine.
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