How Many People Are Named Elizabeth?
people named Elizabeth are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 298 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,693,973 babies named Elizabeth in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
20,841 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Ελισαβετ (Elisabet), the Greek form of the Hebrew name אֱלִישֶׁבַע ('Elisheva') meaning "my God is an oath" or perhaps "my God is abundance". The Hebrew form appears in the Old Testament where Elisheba is the wife of Aaron, while the Greek form appears in the New Testament where Elizabeth is the mother of John the Baptist.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Elizabeth in English. Counting Elizabeth and these spellings together, about 1,183,637 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Elizabeth (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Elizabeth alive today is about 44 years old, and 43% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 27 and 62 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Elizabeth first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1990, to 20,841 babies. In 2025, 6,765 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Elizabeth reached #3 among girls' names in 1887 to 1890 and 1892, and was in the top 10 in 73 years between 1880 and 2013. In 2025 it ranked #17.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #17 |
| Best rank | #3 (1887 to 1890 and 1892) |
| Years in the top 10 | 73 |
| Years in the top 100 | 146 (1880 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Elizabeth alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Elizabeth were born in California than in any other state: about 120,945 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Elizabeth was given 1.7 times as often in Delaware, 1.6 times in Vermont and 1.5 times in Alaska.
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