Elizabeth

Elizabeth was the #17 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6,760 babies), and #74 in England & Wales and #24 in Canada.

Elizabeth as a girl’s name

US
England & Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
Ireland
Canada
NSW
VIC

Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.

Show the numbers

Year	US	England & Wales	Scotland	Northern Ireland	Ireland	Canada	NSW	VIC
2025	#17 (6,760)	#74 (624)	#116 (38)	#121 (17)	#76 (65)	#24 (593)	#83 (86)	—
2024	#17 (6,924)	#62 (706)	#113 (39)	#87 (24)	#81 (63)	#22 (620)	#85 (83)	#87 (68)
2023	#15 (6,616)	#68 (666)	#123 (34)	#124 (17)	#106 (48)	#29 (584)	#87 (77)	#83 (65)
2022	#15 (7,020)	#60 (795)	#92 (47)	#147 (14)	#72 (78)	#24 (642)	#80 (86)	#76 (75)
2021	#14 (7,265)	#60 (862)	#112 (40)	#116 (20)	#89 (63)	#29 (648)	#84 (87)	#78 (79)
2020	#16 (7,308)	#56 (866)	#86 (50)	#140 (14)	#71 (75)	#22 (702)	#58 (119)	#60 (97)
2019	#14 (7,923)	#55 (933)	#80 (57)	#131 (16)	#82 (71)	#18 (800)	#47 (136)	#56 (109)
2018	#13 (8,600)	#47 (1,076)	#104 (45)	#101 (24)	#91 (65)	#17 (814)	#51 (124)	#83 (67)
2017	#13 (9,004)	#44 (1,174)	#80 (57)	#110 (21)	#60 (105)	#20 (818)	#43 (131)	#53 (88)
2016	#13 (9,607)	#38 (1,384)	#62 (85)	#129 (17)	#65 (97)	#18 (844)	#47 (135)	#45 (91)
2015	#13 (9,771)	#39 (1,338)	#80 (63)	#99 (25)	#60 (106)	#19 (845)	#48 (130)	#50 (87)
2014	#13 (9,600)	#37 (1,398)	#86 (59)	#86 (27)	#72 (97)	#22 (783)	#50 (135)	#58 (83)
2013	#10 (9,476)	#39 (1,357)	#93 (53)	#106 (22)	#69 (99)	#21 (839)	#43 (147)	#55 (88)
2012	#10 (9,730)	#38 (1,446)	#72 (73)	#73 (35)	#71 (99)	#24 (757)	#40 (160)	#48 (102)
2011	#11 (10,109)	#44 (1,396)	#64 (88)	#78 (31)	#67 (108)	#19 (808)	#44 (153)	#59 (79)

The tide so far

Peaked in the US in 1880 at #4.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 240 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 4. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

Where	Sex	Latest year	Share	Verdict
US	Girls	2025	about 1 in 240	common
England & Wales	Girls	2025	about 1 in 410	common
Scotland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 470	common
Northern Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 430	common
Ireland	Girls	2025	about 1 in 320	common
Canada	Girls	2025	about 1 in 250	common

Next year

On its recent trend, Elizabeth is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 240 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 230 to 1 in 250.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Elizabeth (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.

#1–10
#11–50
#51–100
#101–500
below #500

Across Canada

Province	Year	Rank	Babies
Ontario	2024	#37	210
Quebec	2025	#38	144

Elizabeth (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

Spelling	Where	Sex	Latest rank	Babies
Elizabeth	Canada	Girls	#24	593
Elizabeth	Canada	Boys	—	too few
Elizabeth	England & Wales	Girls	#74	624
Elizabeth	Ireland	Girls	#76	65
Elizabeth	Northern Ireland	Girls	#121	17
Elizabeth	NSW	Girls	#83	86
Elizabeth	Scotland	Girls	#116	38
Elizabeth	US	Girls	#17	6,760
Elizabeth	US	Boys	#12,008	5
Elizabeth	VIC	Girls	—	too few