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How popular is the name Elizabeth?

Births per year, rank history and how many Elizabeths are alive today.

Elizabeth (female) is currently the 62nd most popular girls' name in England and Wales, with 706 babies given the name in 2024. The name peaked in 1904, when around 13,000 babies were given the name, the 9th most popular that year. It has declined since 1904; the 2024 figure is roughly 5% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 99,000 babies have been named Elizabeth in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Common short forms of Elizabeth include Eliza, Libby and Betty.

The Elizabeth you are most likely to meet is around 72 years old. Half of all Elizabeths born in England and Wales are between 41 and 76, and there are at least 250,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 55% chance that at least one of them will be called Elizabeth.

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Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.