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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 0.009611392 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 0.010805612 3224 12 99%
1889 3074 0.010638666 3058 16 99%
1890 3124 0.010364929 3112 12 99%
1891 3065 0.010691661 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 0.009631542 3659 15 99%
1899 3300 0.009727798 3287 13 99%
1900 4112 0.009132521 4096 16 99%
1901 3225 0.009325877 3216 9 99%
1902 3715 0.009606111 3694 21 99%
1903 3735 0.009797955 3724 11 99%
1904 3846 0.009531952 3833 13 99%
1905 4134 0.009751748 4121 13 99%
1906 4335 0.010117843 4320 15 99%
1907 4637 0.009963665 4624 13 99%
1908 4915 0.010058324 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 0.008653312 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 0.007743943 14940 40 99%
1917 15162 0.0075555 15131 31 100%
1918 15890 0.00731883 15853 37 100%
1919 15306 0.007253179 15287 19 100%
1920 15942 0.007045743 15908 34 100%
1921 15836 0.006783457 15801 35 100%
1922 15273 0.006671894 15243 30 100%
1923 15501 0.006732294 15460 41 99%
1924 14992 0.006294894 14950 42 99%
1925 13973 0.005988501 13936 37 99%
1926 12890 0.005614364 12836 54 99%
1927 12579 0.005423476 12523 56 99%
1928 11810 0.00522353 11766 44 99%
1929 11310 0.005159314 11249 61 99%
1930 11043 0.004966968 10995 48 99%
1931 10341 0.004914067 10293 48 99%
1932 10051 0.004760623 9997 54 99%
1933 9055 0.004528786 9017 38 99%
1934 9389 0.004520893 9346 43 99%
1935 9116 0.004361989 9075 41 99%
1936 8907 0.004287239 8860 47 99%
1937 9435 0.004428264 9385 50 99%
1938 9846 0.004450025 9802 44 99%
1939 9759 0.004429016 9709 50 99%
1940 10007 0.004345887 9955 52 99%
1941 10316 0.004234154 10267 49 99%
1942 11237 0.004113468 11185 52 99%
1943 11681 0.004138447 11644 37 99%
1944 11066 0.004113669 11034 32 99%
1945 10368 0.003908222 10343 25 100%
1946 11775 0.003685128 11753 22 100%
1947 13472 0.003739874 13439 33 100%
1948 13245 0.003836344 13215 30 100%
1949 13739 0.00394262 13713 26 100%
1950 14363 0.004099769 14334 29 100%
1951 15149 0.004112418 15118 31 100%
1952 16051 0.004226165 16022 29 100%
1953 16130 0.004185684 16098 32 100%
1954 16627 0.00417692 16586 41 100%
1955 16737 0.004168584 16695 42 99%
1956 16387 0.003974496 16354 33 100%
1957 17526 0.004170809 17491 35 100%
1958 18583 0.004494892 18537 46 100%
1959 18471 0.004443647 18423 48 99%
1960 18914 0.004553288 18855 59 99%
1961 18922 0.004568376 18856 66 99%
1962 17848 0.004423493 17802 46 99%
1963 17650 0.004458949 17598 52 99%
1964 17343 0.004461148 17295 48 99%
1965 16376 0.004516918 16320 56 99%
1966 15936 0.004585146 15885 51 99%
1967 16168 0.004762461 16116 52 99%
1968 14939 0.004421964 14886 53 99%
1969 15358 0.004419125 15296 62 99%
1970 15181 0.004209342 15114 67 99%
1971 13667 0.003981897 13603 64 99%
1972 12238 0.00389371 12183 55 99%
1973 12410 0.00411356 12358 52 99%
1974 12326 0.004054605 12264 62 99%
1975 12526 0.004148543 12474 52 99%
1976 13607 0.004484377 13546 61 99%
1977 16492 0.005192022 16429 63 99%
1978 16880 0.005318512 16810 70 99%
1979 18156 0.005457233 18074 82 99%
1980 19607 0.005692279 19529 78 99%
1981 20260 0.005856619 20170 90 99%
1982 20595 0.005870965 20507 88 99%
1983 19942 0.005758132 19840 102 99%
1984 20455 0.005863289 20361 94 99%
1985 20650 0.005785975 20545 105 99%
1986 19170 0.005389455 19074 96 99%
1987 18713 0.005190141 18608 105 99%
1988 20143 0.005451626 20041 102 99%
1989 20438 0.005316398 20298 140 99%
1990 20839 0.005272697 20748 91 99%
1991 20459 0.005252513 20393 66 99%
1992 19085 0.004968655 19033 52 99%
1993 17613 0.004671716 17558 55 99%
1994 16830 0.004527259 16786 44 99%
1995 16235 0.004433346 16191 44 99%
1996 16028 0.004394792 16002 26 100%
1997 15458 0.004263532 15428 30 100%
1998 15216 0.004136932 15193 23 100%
1999 15372 0.004161627 15350 22 100%
2000 15138 0.004004983 15116 22 100%
2001 14804 0.003954835 14792 12 100%
2002 14640 0.003916393 14619 21 100%
2003 14153 0.003722499 14122 31 100%
2004 13633 0.003568257 13570 63 99%
2005 12765 0.003320287 12741 24 100%
2006 12455 0.003148545 12438 17 100%
2007 13087 0.003273995 13069 18 100%
2008 12038 0.003063028 12025 13 100%
2009 11064 0.002896719 11051 13 100%
2010 10286 0.002783652 10278 8 100%
2011 10124 0.002768273 10105 19 100%
2012 9733 0.002661728 9725 8 100%
2013 9481 0.002601239 9469 12 100%
2014 9593 0.002588913 9587 6 100%
2015 9768 0.002640108 9762 6 100%
2016 9611 0.002620571 9599 12 100%
2017 9004 0.002518801 8995 9 100%
2018 8590 0.002444403 8590 100%
2019 7926 0.002284946 7915 11 100%
2020 7287 0.002183145 7287 100%
2021 7263 0.002145841 7258 5 100%
2022 7006 0.002073633 7006 100%
2023 6574 0.001993785 6566 8 100%