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How popular is “Elizabeth” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elizabeth” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Elizabeth” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Elizabeth” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Elizabeth” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Elizabeth” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Elizabeth” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elizabeth” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 1948 0.009668262 1939 9 99%
1881 1852 0.009611293 1852 100%
1882 2193 0.009899203 2186 7 99%
1883 2268 0.010454263 2255 13 99%
1884 2565 0.010535568 2549 16 99%
1885 2591 0.010757554 2582 9 99%
1886 2691 0.010539839 2680 11 99%
1887 2695 0.010893598 2681 14 99%
1888 3236 0.010805649 3224 12 99%
1889 3074 0.010638666 3058 16 99%
1890 3124 0.010364929 3112 12 99%
1891 3065 0.010691699 3059 6 100%
1892 3469 0.01037461 3461 8 100%
1893 3372 0.010368271 3360 12 99%
1894 3435 0.010142018 3425 10 99%
1895 3620 0.010312773 3603 17 99%
1896 3482 0.009740296 3471 11 99%
1897 3454 0.009955124 3442 12 99%
1898 3674 0.009631517 3659 15 99%
1899 3300 0.009727827 3287 13 99%
1900 4112 0.009132481 4096 16 99%
1901 3225 0.009325877 3216 9 99%
1902 3715 0.009606135 3694 21 99%
1903 3735 0.009797955 3724 11 99%
1904 3846 0.009531952 3833 13 99%
1905 4134 0.009751725 4121 13 99%
1906 4335 0.010117843 4320 15 99%
1907 4637 0.009963644 4624 13 99%
1908 4915 0.010058283 4904 11 100%
1909 5189 0.010150149 5176 13 99%
1910 5817 0.009847438 5800 17 99%
1911 6316 0.009803207 6298 18 99%
1912 8550 0.00865332 8527 23 99%
1913 9529 0.008380009 9505 24 99%
1914 11394 0.008044644 11367 27 100%
1915 14130 0.007711072 14103 27 100%
1916 14980 0.007743931 14940 40 99%
1917 15162 0.007555482 15131 31 100%
1918 15890 0.007318837 15853 37 100%
1919 15306 0.007253166 15287 19 100%
1920 15942 0.007045721 15908 34 100%
1921 15836 0.006783454 15801 35 100%
1922 15273 0.006671903 15243 30 100%
1923 15501 0.006732265 15460 41 99%
1924 14992 0.006294872 14950 42 99%
1925 13973 0.00598846 13936 37 99%
1926 12890 0.005614366 12836 54 99%
1927 12581 0.005424353 12525 56 99%
1928 11810 0.005223581 11766 44 99%
1929 11309 0.005158817 11248 61 99%
1930 11044 0.004967436 10996 48 99%
1931 10340 0.004913636 10292 48 99%
1932 10050 0.004760184 9996 54 99%
1933 9055 0.004528841 9017 38 99%
1934 9389 0.004520971 9346 43 99%
1935 9116 0.0043621 9075 41 99%
1936 8906 0.004286832 8859 47 99%
1937 9434 0.004427811 9384 50 99%
1938 9847 0.004450495 9803 44 99%
1939 9760 0.004429508 9710 50 99%
1940 10005 0.00434509 9953 52 99%
1941 10316 0.00423422 10267 49 99%
1942 11237 0.004113516 11185 52 99%
1943 11681 0.004138521 11644 37 99%
1944 11066 0.004113744 11034 32 99%
1945 10368 0.003908251 10343 25 100%
1946 11773 0.003684534 11751 22 100%
1947 13473 0.003740191 13440 33 100%
1948 13244 0.003836083 13214 30 100%
1949 13738 0.003942362 13712 26 100%
1950 14363 0.004099727 14334 29 100%
1951 15151 0.004112912 15120 31 100%
1952 16051 0.004226134 16022 29 100%
1953 16130 0.004185687 16098 32 100%
1954 16627 0.004176893 16586 41 100%
1955 16737 0.004168547 16695 42 99%
1956 16387 0.003974451 16354 33 100%
1957 17527 0.004170618 17492 35 100%
1958 18576 0.00449481 18530 46 100%
1959 18474 0.004444367 18427 47 99%
1960 18913 0.004552642 18854 59 99%
1961 18926 0.004570475 18860 66 99%
1962 17848 0.004423243 17802 46 99%
1963 17644 0.004457143 17592 52 99%
1964 17344 0.004461281 17296 48 99%
1965 16376 0.004516738 16320 56 99%
1966 15935 0.004584779 15884 51 99%
1967 16169 0.004762578 16117 52 99%
1968 14939 0.00442171 14886 53 99%
1969 15358 0.004418747 15296 62 99%
1970 15183 0.004209515 15116 67 99%
1971 13668 0.003981958 13604 64 99%
1972 12238 0.003893337 12183 55 99%
1973 12410 0.004113193 12358 52 99%
1974 12326 0.004054331 12264 62 99%
1975 12524 0.004147391 12472 52 99%
1976 13608 0.004484231 13547 61 99%
1977 16492 0.005191546 16429 63 99%
1978 16879 0.005317575 16809 70 99%
1979 18157 0.005456956 18075 82 99%
1980 19608 0.005691993 19530 78 99%
1981 20260 0.005856188 20170 90 99%
1982 20596 0.00587085 20508 88 99%
1983 19943 0.005758148 19841 102 99%
1984 20454 0.005862868 20360 94 99%
1985 20651 0.005786192 20546 105 99%
1986 19172 0.005390009 19076 96 99%
1987 18714 0.005190491 18609 105 99%
1988 20142 0.005451506 20040 102 99%
1989 20436 0.005315918 20296 140 99%
1990 20840 0.005273138 20749 91 99%
1991 20461 0.005253161 20395 66 99%
1992 19086 0.004969065 19034 52 99%
1993 17612 0.004671639 17557 55 99%
1994 16830 0.004527411 16786 44 99%
1995 16234 0.004433233 16190 44 99%
1996 16029 0.004395218 16003 26 100%
1997 15458 0.004263655 15428 30 100%
1998 15216 0.004137052 15193 23 100%
1999 15370 0.004161233 15348 22 100%
2000 15135 0.004004373 15113 22 100%
2001 14802 0.003954483 14790 12 100%
2002 14636 0.003915679 14615 21 100%
2003 14147 0.003721171 14116 31 100%
2004 13631 0.003567989 13568 63 99%
2005 12764 0.003320355 12740 24 100%
2006 12452 0.003148167 12435 17 100%
2007 13082 0.003273243 13064 18 100%
2008 12030 0.003061514 12017 13 100%
2009 11059 0.002895918 11046 13 100%
2010 10284 0.002783651 10276 8 100%
2011 10120 0.002767819 10101 19 100%
2012 9730 0.002661587 9722 8 100%
2013 9477 0.002600962 9465 12 100%
2014 9587 0.002588153 9581 6 100%
2015 9759 0.002638717 9753 6 100%
2016 9604 0.002619849 9592 12 100%
2017 9000 0.002519062 8991 9 100%
2018 8588 0.002445504 8588 100%
2019 7923 0.002286038 7912 11 100%
2020 7278 0.002182976 7278 100%
2021 7245 0.002143673 7240 5 100%
2022 6964 0.00207145 6964 100%