Elizabeth Name Popularity

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How popular is Elizabeth?

The very popular name Elizabeth was the 13th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States in 2018.

This top 50 contender has enjoyed a rank in the top 50 since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began keeping records.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #3 for the first time in 1887 and as recently as 1892.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1990 with 20,744 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Elizabeth was 1,852 in 1881.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Elizabeth occurred roughly during the years 1881-1884, 1885-1888, 1903-1918, 1945-1952, 1953-1958, and 1975-1981, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1924-1933, 1961-1972, 1991-1997, 2000-2006, and 2007-2011.

Where is the name Elizabeth popularity headed?

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at a mid point.

Elizabeth's popularity has been moving downward for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Elizabeth for their newborn has remained about the same.

The name Elizabeth is favored by many parents and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

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		Elizabet. (Girl)		Elizabet. (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		8,513	13	< 5	--
2017		8,955	13	9	8,314
2016		9,555	13	12	6,830
2015		9,730	13	5	12,585
2014		9,564	14	6	11,106
2013		9,454	10	12	6,718
2012		9,708	10	8	9,097
2011		10,091	11	19	4,866
2010		10,262	12	8	9,032
2009		11,035	11	13	6,538
2008		12,008	9	13	6,502
2007		13,056	10	18	5,067
2006		12,428	11	17	5,135
2005		12,731	11	24	3,847
2004		13,561	10	63	1,939
2003		14,103	9	31	3,058
2002		14,604	11	21	3,952
2001		14,786	9	12	5,776
2000		15,099	9	22	3,671
1999		15,345	10	22	3,509
1998		15,187	10	23	3,322
1997		15,423	9	30	2,634
1996		15,998	10	26	2,859
1995		16,185	10	44	1,928
1994		16,782	9	44	1,904
1993		17,557	9	55	1,625
1992		19,032	9	52	1,664
1991		20,392	9	66	1,402
1990		20,744	9	91	1,129
1989		20,295	10	140	848
1988		20,038	10	102	957
1987		18,607	10	105	923
1986		19,072	10	96	932
1985		20,541	9	105	885
1984		20,364	10	94	909
1983		19,842	10	102	870
1982		20,514	8	89	954
1981		20,173	9	90	949
1980		19,528	9	78	1,026
1979		18,078	11	82	976
1978		16,808	14	70	1,045
1977		16,427	13	63	1,093
1976		13,546	16	61	1,069
1975		12,473	15	52	1,170
1974		12,261	12	62	1,047
1973		12,357	13	52	1,138
1972		12,185	15	55	1,103
1971		13,602	19	64	1,019
1970		15,119	18	67	994
1969		15,297	16	62	974
1968		14,886	17	53	1,021
1967		16,114	13	52	1,007
1966		15,884	16	51	1,018
1965		16,320	16	56	990
1964		17,292	16	48	1,099
1963		17,593	20	52	1,060
1962		17,801	20	46	1,141
1961		18,856	19	66	940
1960		18,858	18	59	999
1959		18,425	21	46	1,142
1958		18,530	22	47	1,122
1957		17,496	22	35	1,326
1956		16,345	22	33	1,344
1955		16,693	21	42	1,155
1954		16,580	20	41	1,173
1953		16,099	21	32	1,341
1952		16,022	22	29	1,415
1951		15,120	23	31	1,331
1950		14,335	24	29	1,347
1949		13,712	25	26	1,444
1948		13,212	26	30	1,330
1947		13,439	25	33	1,280
1946		11,753	25	22	1,527
1945		10,338	26	25	1,331
1944		11,033	23	32	1,177
1943		11,646	23	37	1,125
1942		11,182	22	52	924
1941		10,269	21	49	910
1940		9,952	20	52	875
1939		9,707	18	50	870
1938		9,800	17	44	952
1937		9,385	17	50	870
1936		8,860	18	47	899
1935		9,075	17	41	998
1934		9,346	18	43	976
1933		9,015	17	38	1,056
1932		9,996	17	54	868
1931		10,291	16	48	946
1930		10,996	15	48	981
1929		11,250	15	61	837
1928		11,763	14	44	1,044
1927		12,527	13	56	913
1926		12,835	11	54	920
1925		13,935	10	37	1,170
1924		14,951	11	42	1,112
1923		15,461	9	41	1,118
1922		15,242	9	30	1,348
1921		15,800	10	35	1,238
1920		15,910	8	34	1,239
1919		15,287	8	19	1,767
1918		15,853	9	37	1,129
1917		15,131	8	31	1,226
1916		14,939	8	40	1,016
1915		14,103	8	27	1,275
1914		11,367	8	27	1,109
1913		9,505	8	24	1,029
1912		8,528	8	23	946
1911		6,298	7	18	764
1910		5,800	7	17	735
1909		5,176	7	13	816
1908		4,904	7	11	844
1907		4,624	7	13	751
1906		4,321	7	15	624
1905		4,121	6	13	675
1904		3,833	6	13	654
1903		3,723	6	11	709
1902		3,694	6	21	465
1901		3,216	6	9	742
1900		4,096	6	16	632
1899		3,287	7	13	557
1898		3,659	7	15	550
1897		3,442	6	12	625
1896		3,471	7	11	687
1895		3,603	5	17	494
1894		3,425	5	10	688
1893		3,360	5	12	584
1892		3,461	3	8	817
1891		3,059	4	6	880
1890		3,112	3	12	574
1889		3,058	3	16	470
1888		3,224	3	12	586
1887		2,681	3	14	466
1886		2,680	4	11	580
1885		2,582	4	9	661
1884		2,549	4	16	473
1883		2,255	4	13	501
1882		2,186	4	7	777
1881		1,852	4	< 5	--
1880		1,939	4	9	649

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.