In 2024, 2,303 girls in the United States were named Eliza, making it the 118th most popular girl's name that year.
It has climbed sharply, from 212th a decade earlier.
Its busiest year on record was 2021, with 2,487 births.
Records for Eliza go back to 1880, and 68,370 babies have been given the name since.
A shortened form of Elizabeth meaning "pledged to God". Its literary connections and zippy sound have a spirited, vintage quality.
Eliza is of Hebrew origin, described as vintage in style.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 2,303 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Each of these is a name in its own right in the 2024 US data, given to at least 100 babies that year.
Names of the same origin for a brother, most common first.
A shortened form of Elizabeth meaning "pledged to God". Its literary connections and zippy sound have a spirited, vintage quality.
Eliza is of Hebrew origin, and is usually described as vintage in style.
In 2024, 2,303 girls in the United States were named Eliza, making it the 118th most popular girl's name that year.
In 2024 the name was recorded only for girls — 2,303 of them, with no births of the other sex frequent enough to appear in the data.
Eli is a shorter name in current US use that share the opening of Eliza.