Bea
#2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births
- Peak · girls
- 1908 · 22 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,342since 1883
Bea over time
Rank among girls' names. Bea has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,214 | 83 |
| 2024 | #2,134 | 89 |
| 2023 | #2,494 | 71 |
| 2022 | #2,720 | 63 |
| 2021 | #3,037 | 54 |
| 2020 | #3,141 | 50 |
| 2019 | #3,272 | 48 |
| 2018 | #3,201 | 50 |
| 2017 | #3,996 | 37 |
| 2016 | #3,326 | 48 |
| 2015 | #5,288 | 25 |
| 2014 | #3,848 | 39 |
| 2013 | #5,644 | 23 |
| 2012 | #5,895 | 22 |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 |
| 2010 | #6,904 | 18 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #6,559 | 20 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #6,840 | 18 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #9,351 | 10 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,543 | 23 |
| 1962 | #2,163 | 30 |
| 1961 | #2,150 | 30 |
| 1960 | #2,013 | 32 |
| 1959 | #2,152 | 28 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 |
| 1957 | #2,121 | 27 |
| 1956 | #2,530 | 20 |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,480 | 11 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 |
| 1951 | #2,937 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #1,778 | 28 |
| 1947 | #2,448 | 17 |
| 1946 | #1,723 | 27 |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 |
| 1944 | #1,916 | 20 |
| 1943 | #1,291 | 40 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1940 | #1,518 | 26 |
| 1939 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1938 | #1,182 | 38 |
| 1937 | #1,784 | 19 |
| 1936 | #1,375 | 28 |
| 1935 | #1,606 | 22 |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 |
| 1933 | #1,552 | 23 |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 |
| 1931 | #1,876 | 18 |
| 1930 | #1,535 | 26 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,768 | 11 |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,847 | 22 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 |
| 1923 | #1,305 | 36 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #1,952 | 20 |
| 1919 | #1,801 | 21 |
| 1918 | #1,411 | 30 |
| 1917 | #1,431 | 27 |
| 1916 | #1,689 | 21 |
| 1915 | #1,475 | 24 |
| 1914 | #1,147 | 28 |
| 1913 | #1,091 | 25 |
| 1912 | #1,297 | 17 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #970 | 20 |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 |
| 1908 | #829 | 22 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,057 | 13 |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,237 | 7 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | #920 | 5 |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Bea! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bea is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#1,534 · 1 in 10,156
- California#2,584 · 1 in 24,933
Best ever in a state: #447 in Illinois, 1914.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #1,534 | 8 | 1 in 10,156 |
| California | #2,584 | 7 | 1 in 24,933 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bea
- 80 spots since 2024 (#2,134 → #2,214)
- 927 spots since 2020 (#3,141 → #2,214)
- 3,074 spots since 2015 (#5,288 → #2,214)
- Biggest jump: 161 spots in 1908 (#990 → #829)
- Biggest drop: 480 spots in 1911 (#970 → #1,450)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1908 at #829 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1911, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 5 yrs · run 1907–1910
- Highest: 1 in 15,196 girls born in 1908 were named Bea (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,365 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 17.5% of all girls named Bea (410) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 21 | #920 (1883) | #1,111 |
| 1890s | 38 | #1,122 (1896) | #1,362 |
| 1900s | 117 | #829 (1908) | #1,227 |
| 1910s | 224 | #970 (1910) | #1,376 |
| 1920s | 228 | #1,305 (1923) | #1,859 |
| 1930s | 216 | #1,182 (1938) | #1,753 |
| 1940s | 262 | #1,291 (1943) | #1,817 |
| 1950s | 169 | #2,121 (1957) | #2,955 |
| 1960s | 162 | #2,013 (1960) | #3,823 |
| 1970s | 27 | #5,532 (1977) | #7,399 |
| 1980s | 14 | #7,312 (1983) | #8,204 |
| 1990s | 13 | #10,122 (1998) | #11,720 |
| 2000s | 116 | #5,709 (2009) | #9,555 |
| 2010s | 325 | #3,201 (2018) | #4,916 |
| 2020s | 410 | #2,134 (2024) | #2,623 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bea in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 30,386 of them was named Bea, which outranked 82.8% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,002Wrenn55
- #3,002Ysabella55
- #3,002Zailey55
- #3,037Bea54
- #3,037Adalynne54
- #3,037Ailee54
- #3,037Amori54
- #3,069Aiko53
- #3,069Aisley53
- #3,069Alonna53
Tied with 31 names at #3,037; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.