Beatrice

#508 for girls in 2025, 583 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 2,459 births
Debut · girls
87 births
In top 100 · girls
45 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
194,920
since 1880

Beatrice over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #36, 1910girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#508583—
2024#579520—
2023#587511—
2022#554549—
2021#564542—
2020#552538—
2019#558547—
2018#570542—
2017#559548—
2016#557560—
2015#569542—
2014#599491—
2013#587485—
2012#695404—
2011#702396—
2010#837321—
2009#851327—
2008#837338—
2007#896308—
2006#961272—
2005#1,112213—
2004#1,008234—
2003#1,065210—
2002#1,107190—
2001#984218—
2000#970218—
1999#1,035196—
1998#936220—
1997#1,050182—
1996#913215—
1995#949198—
1994#872224—
1993#775266—
1992#739286—
1991#696306—
1990#720290—
1989#670303#5,6158
1988#671287—
1987#837209—
1986#702258—
1985#632294—
1984#705235—
1983#669257—
1982#621289—
1981#550338—
1980#634287—
1979#625280—
1978#585293—
1977#599284—
1976#582282—
1975#536322—
1974#527317—
1973#519327—
1972#537310—
1971#467428—
1970#478423—
1969#462438—
1968#427493—
1967#416504—
1966#369602—
1965#356641—
1964#376650—
1963#354718—
1962#349737—
1961#341768—
1960#310910#3,6656
1959#310885—
1958#304877—
1957#285983—
1956#2701,007#2,7989
1955#2591,038#2,7649
1954#2481,083—
1953#2431,095—
1952#2251,223—
1951#2141,283—
1950#2101,271#3,6815
1949#2031,340—
1948#1911,433—
1947#1881,465#2,8628
1946#1801,463—
1945#1701,358—
1944#1561,579#2,6338
1943#1521,756#1,98614
1942#1461,772#1,86715
1941#1431,664#2,33310
1940#1401,730#2,32210
1939#1361,778#1,63617
1938#1251,910#1,74116
1937#1201,987#2,08812
1936#1211,955#2,06212
1935#1072,243#2,12712
1934#992,410#1,72517
1933#942,410#2,09312
1932#872,787#1,35626
1931#852,844#1,36126
1930#763,390#1,96415
1929#723,574#1,33928
1928#703,922#1,41327
1927#674,241#1,79619
1926#584,518#1,72020
1925#504,992#1,62822
1924#505,271#2,13215
1923#465,464#1,75320
1922#435,476#1,50325
1921#415,968#1,47526
1920#415,804#1,69421
1919#415,856#2,51111
1918#405,907#1,40426
1917#395,839#1,43724
1916#385,586#1,77117
1915#375,342#1,45422
1914#384,232#1,68714
1913#373,567#1,49713
1912#373,205#1,61910
1911#372,522#1,11710
1910#362,459#85913
1909#382,105#84012
1908#401,997#87710
1907#441,858—
1906#451,679#8529
1905#451,661#78610
1904#451,549—
1903#491,439#1,0096
1902#491,429#8628
1901#531,183—
1900#561,382#74312
1899#561,061#9286
1898#601,122—
1897#68942—
1896#70870#1,1015
1895#73814—
1894#76684—
1893#85564—
1892#90541#1,0665
1891#91485—
1890#98417—
1889#108352—
1888#116316—
1887#116262—
1886#137192—
1885#133188—
1884#136167—
1883#146126—
1882#144123—
1881#15687—
1880#15487—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Beatrice was already there! It came in at #154, and was given to 87 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 130 girls a year got the name.

Where Beatrice is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#579 → #508)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#552 → #508)
  • 61 spots since 2015 (#569 → #508)
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1988 (#837 → #671)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1997 (#913 → #1,050)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #36 (2,459 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1890–1934
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1880–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 161
  • Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 1910 were named Beatrice (0.62%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,757 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Beatrice (49,230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,900#108 (1889)#135
1890s7,500#56 (1899)#77
1900s16,282#38 (1909)#46
1910s44,515#36 (1910)#38
1920s49,230#41 (1921)#54
1930s23,714#76 (1930)#105
1940s15,560#140 (1940)#167
1950s10,745#210 (1950)#257
1960s6,461#310 (1960)#376
1970s3,266#467 (1971)#546
1980s2,757#550 (1981)#669
1990s2,383#696 (1991)#869
2000s2,528#837 (2008)#979
2010s4,836#557 (2016)#623
2020s3,243#508 (2025)#557

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.

Beatrice in 1909

girls
#38
2,105 births · 1 in 165 girls
boys
#840
12 births · 1 in 13,666 boys

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #38Beatrice2,105

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #840Beatrice12
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 165 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 98.5% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #35Bessie2,276
  2. #36Lucille2,192
  3. #37Esther2,185
  4. #38Beatrice2,105
  5. #39Elsie2,064
  6. #40Pearl2,048
  7. #41Mabel2,007
Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 13,666 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 50.0% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #804Vernie13
  2. #804Whitney13
  3. #804Wright13
  4. #840Beatrice12
  5. #840Alden12
  6. #840Antoine12
  7. #840Armando12
  8. #893Acie11
  9. #893Agnes11
  10. #893Agustin11

Tied with 52 names at #840; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →