Elizabeth
706
Babies in 2024
-49%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 2.23k
+6%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Elizabeth
Elizabeth peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (2,225 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 706 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Elizabeth reached its peak in 1996, when 2,225 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #26 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 706 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 39,225 girls have been officially registered with the name Elizabeth in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 11,198 girls were registered with the name, starting from 1,398 in 2014 and ending at 706 in 2024.