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	0.009611392	1852		100%
1882	2193	0.009899203	2186	7	99%
1883	2268	0.010454214	2255	13	99%
1884	2565	0.010535568	2549	16	99%
1885	2591	0.010757554	2582	9	99%
1886	2691	0.01053988	2680	11	99%
1887	2695	0.010893643	2681	14	99%
1888	3236	0.010805612	3224	12	99%
1889	3074	0.010638666	3058	16	99%
1890	3124	0.010364929	3112	12	99%
1891	3065	0.010691624	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	0.010312803	3603	17	99%
1896	3482	0.009740296	3471	11	99%
1897	3454	0.009955124	3442	12	99%
1898	3674	0.009631542	3659	15	99%
1899	3300	0.009727798	3287	13	99%
1900	4112	0.009132542	4096	16	99%
1901	3225	0.009325877	3216	9	99%
1902	3715	0.009606111	3694	21	99%
1903	3735	0.009798006	3724	11	99%
1904	3846	0.009531952	3833	13	99%
1905	4134	0.009751794	4121	13	99%
1906	4335	0.010117843	4320	15	99%
1907	4637	0.009963687	4624	13	99%
1908	4915	0.010058344	4904	11	100%
1909	5189	0.010150149	5176	13	99%
1910	5817	0.009847455	5800	17	99%
1911	6316	0.009803222	6298	18	99%
1912	8550	0.008653303	8527	23	99%
1913	9529	0.008380016	9505	24	99%
1914	11394	0.008044655	11367	27	100%
1915	14130	0.007711089	14103	27	100%
1916	14980	0.007743935	14940	40	99%
1917	15162	0.0075555	15131	31	100%
1918	15890	0.007318833	15853	37	100%
1919	15306	0.007253186	15287	19	100%
1920	15942	0.007045743	15908	34	100%
1921	15835	0.006783023	15800	35	100%
1922	15273	0.006671891	15243	30	100%
1923	15501	0.006732303	15460	41	99%
1924	14992	0.006294901	14950	42	99%
1925	13973	0.005988509	13936	37	99%
1926	12891	0.005614779	12837	54	99%
1927	12579	0.005423483	12523	56	99%
1928	11811	0.005223938	11767	44	99%
1929	11309	0.005158836	11248	61	99%
1930	11043	0.004966968	10995	48	99%
1931	10340	0.004913542	10292	48	99%
1932	10053	0.004761542	9999	54	99%
1933	9054	0.004528252	9016	38	99%
1934	9389	0.004520863	9346	43	99%
1935	9116	0.004361931	9075	41	99%
1936	8907	0.004287204	8860	47	99%
1937	9435	0.004428185	9385	50	99%
1938	9846	0.004450021	9802	44	99%
1939	9759	0.00442898	9709	50	99%
1940	10008	0.004346231	9956	52	99%
1941	10317	0.004234483	10268	49	99%
1942	11237	0.004113378	11185	52	99%
1943	11681	0.004138443	11644	37	99%
1944	11066	0.004113634	11034	32	99%
1945	10368	0.003908161	10343	25	100%
1946	11775	0.003685092	11753	22	100%
1947	13472	0.00373981	13439	33	100%
1948	13245	0.00383633	13215	30	100%
1949	13740	0.003942864	13714	26	100%
1950	14363	0.004099781	14334	29	100%
1951	15149	0.004112398	15118	31	100%
1952	16052	0.004226429	16023	29	100%
1953	16130	0.004185649	16098	32	100%
1954	16627	0.004176895	16586	41	100%
1955	16739	0.004169033	16697	42	99%
1956	16386	0.003974255	16353	33	100%
1957	17526	0.004170729	17491	35	100%
1958	18582	0.004495025	18536	46	100%
1959	18470	0.004442048	18422	48	99%
1960	18918	0.004554368	18859	59	99%
1961	18921	0.004567751	18855	66	99%
1962	17850	0.004423384	17804	46	99%
1963	17649	0.004458845	17597	52	99%
1964	17342	0.004460844	17294	48	99%
1965	16379	0.004517785	16323	56	99%
1966	15937	0.004585323	15886	51	99%
1967	16168	0.004762442	16116	52	99%
1968	14939	0.004421899	14886	53	99%
1969	15357	0.00441887	15295	62	99%
1970	15179	0.004208773	15112	67	99%
1971	13669	0.003982397	13605	64	99%
1972	12238	0.00389374	12183	55	99%
1973	12410	0.004113512	12358	52	99%
1974	12325	0.004054278	12263	62	99%
1975	12525	0.004148183	12473	52	99%
1976	13607	0.004484395	13546	61	99%
1977	16494	0.005192517	16431	63	99%
1978	16879	0.005318113	16809	70	99%
1979	18157	0.005457469	18075	82	99%
1980	19609	0.005692834	19531	78	99%
1981	20259	0.00585626	20169	90	99%
1982	20595	0.00587093	20507	88	99%
1983	19944	0.005758605	19842	102	99%
1984	20455	0.005863123	20361	94	99%
1985	20650	0.005785756	20545	105	99%
1986	19170	0.005389255	19074	96	99%
1987	18713	0.005189962	18608	105	99%
1988	20144	0.005451628	20042	102	99%
1989	20438	0.005316239	20298	140	99%
1990	20840	0.005272642	20749	91	99%
1991	20461	0.005252788	20395	66	99%
1992	19086	0.004968666	19034	52	99%
1993	17614	0.004671803	17559	55	99%
1994	16830	0.00452705	16786	44	99%
1995	16236	0.004433455	16192	44	99%
1996	16030	0.004395158	16004	26	100%
1997	15458	0.004263395	15428	30	100%
1998	15216	0.004136798	15193	23	100%
1999	15372	0.004161492	15350	22	100%
2000	15139	0.004005128	15117	22	100%
2001	14804	0.003954704	14792	12	100%
2002	14641	0.003916495	14620	21	100%
2003	14153	0.003722202	14122	31	100%
2004	13637	0.003569033	13574	63	99%
2005	12766	0.00332029	12742	24	100%
2006	12457	0.003148737	12440	17	100%
2007	13088	0.003273896	13070	18	100%
2008	12038	0.003062586	12025	13	100%
2009	11068	0.00289725	11055	13	100%
2010	10288	0.002783746	10280	8	100%
2011	10125	0.002768063	10106	19	100%
2012	9737	0.002662298	9729	8	100%
2013	9486	0.002601993	9474	12	100%
2014	9603	0.002590941	9597	6	100%
2015	9772	0.00264043	9766	6	100%
2016	9614	0.002620548	9602	12	100%
2017	9008	0.002518878	8999	9	100%
2018	8595	0.002444611	8595		100%
2019	7931	0.002284976	7920	11	100%
2020	7299	0.002184952	7299		100%
2021	7266	0.00214466	7261	5	100%
2022	7014	0.002073225	7014		100%
2023	6608	0.001995654	6600	8	100%
2024	6883	0.002067898	6878	5	100%

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