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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #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 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedAKMaine: #14 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 62 girlsMEVermont: #29 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 85 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #8 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 33 girlsNHWashington: #70 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 247 girlsWAIdaho: #62 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 151 girlsIDMontana: #61 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 184 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #42 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 120 girlsNDMinnesota: #57 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 208 girlsMNIllinois: #65 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 270 girlsILWisconsin: #43 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 148 girlsWIMichigan: #20 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 96 girlsMINew York: #24 for girls · 292 births · 1 in 111 girlsNYMassachusetts: #23 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 92 girlsMARhode Island: #21 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 84 girlsRIOregon: #59 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 172 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #77 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 252 girlsSDIowa: #56 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 191 girlsIAIndiana: #53 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 205 girlsINOhio: #43 for girls · 86 births · 1 in 174 girlsOHPennsylvania: #48 for girls · 173 births · 1 in 183 girlsPANew Jersey: #31 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 120 girlsNJConnecticut: #24 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 96 girlsCTCalifornia: #41 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 161 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedUTColorado: #52 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 165 girlsCONebraska: #118 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 499 girlsNEMissouri: #75 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 288 girlsMOKentucky: #53 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 174 girlsKYWest Virginia: #46 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 179 girlsWVVirginia: #43 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 150 girlsVAMaryland: #36 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 133 girlsMDDelaware: #11 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 41 girlsDEArizona: #38 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 98 girlsAZNew Mexico: #19 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 76 girlsNMKansas: #73 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 281 girlsKSArkansas: #30 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 124 girlsARTennessee: #53 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 178 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #46 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 148 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #62 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 191 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #24 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 73 girlsDCOklahoma: #32 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 130 girlsOKLouisiana: #7 for girls · 132 births · 1 in 74 girlsLAMississippi: #19 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 106 girlsMSAlabama: #44 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 158 girlsALGeorgia: #54 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 162 girlsGAHawaii: #28 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 74 girlsHITexas: #38 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 157 girlsTXFlorida: #17 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 82 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Louisiana#7 · 1 in 74
  2. New Hampshire#8 · 1 in 33
  3. Delaware#11 · 1 in 41
  4. Maine#14 · 1 in 62
  5. Florida#17 · 1 in 82

Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 1922.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Louisiana#71321 in 74
New Hampshire#8261 in 33
Delaware#11121 in 41
Maine#14291 in 62
Florida#17491 in 82
Mississippi#19991 in 106
New Mexico#19121 in 76
Michigan#20901 in 96
Rhode Island#21161 in 84
Massachusetts#231141 in 92
Connecticut#24331 in 96
District of Columbia#24121 in 73
New York#242921 in 111
Hawaii#2851 in 74
Vermont#2981 in 85
Arkansas#30611 in 124
New Jersey#31721 in 120
Oklahoma#32561 in 130
Maryland#36361 in 133
Arizona#3861 in 98
Texas#381231 in 157
California#41371 in 161
North Dakota#42181 in 120
Ohio#43861 in 174
Virginia#43721 in 150
Wisconsin#43461 in 148
Alabama#44831 in 158
North Carolina#46851 in 148
West Virginia#46321 in 179
Pennsylvania#481731 in 183
Colorado#52151 in 165
Indiana#53361 in 205
Kentucky#53611 in 174
Tennessee#53591 in 178
Georgia#54961 in 162
Iowa#56301 in 191
Minnesota#57281 in 208
Oregon#5981 in 172
Montana#6151 in 184
Idaho#6251 in 151
South Carolina#62491 in 191
Illinois#65681 in 270
Washington#70111 in 247
Kansas#73171 in 281
Missouri#75381 in 288
South Dakota#7771 in 252
Nebraska#11871 in 499
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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 Beatrice
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 1910

girls
#36
2,459 births · 1 in 161 girls
boys
#859
13 births · 1 in 14,939 boys

Top girls' names in 1910

  1. #1Mary22,848
  2. #2Helen10,479
  3. #3Margaret8,226
  4. #4Dorothy7,318
  5. #5Ruth7,212
  6. #6Anna6,436
  7. #7Elizabeth5,800
  8. #8Mildred5,692
  9. #9Marie4,790
  10. #10Alice4,671
  11. #36Beatrice2,459

Top boys' names in 1910

  1. #1John11,450
  2. #2James9,194
  3. #3William8,844
  4. #4Robert5,609
  5. #5George5,441
  6. #6Joseph5,228
  7. #7Charles4,784
  8. #8Frank3,768
  9. #9Edward3,407
  10. #10Henry2,899
  11. #859Beatrice13
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 161 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 98.7% of the 2,790 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. #33Bertha2,651
  2. #34Emma2,607
  3. #35Edith2,592
  4. #36Beatrice2,459
  5. #37Bessie2,392
  6. #38Esther2,378
  7. #39Pearl2,177
Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Alys#1,957 → #997
  2. ↑ 849Lannie#1,763 → #914
  3. ↑ 766Luz#1,763 → #997
  4. ↑ 762Vivien#1,607 → #845
  5. ↑ 693Buna#1,607 → #914
Fallers
  1. ↓ 864Earl#909 → #1,773
  2. ↓ 864Fleta#909 → #1,773
  3. ↓ 783Elba#990 → #1,773
  4. ↓ 644Odile#990 → #1,634
  5. ↓ 576Claribel#845 → #1,421

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

boys

194,208 boys got a published name in 1910; 1 in 14,939 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 53.3% of the 1,839 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #822Virgle14
  2. #822Wayman14
  3. #822Wyatt14
  4. #859Beatrice13
  5. #859Adolfo13
  6. #859Agnes13
  7. #859Alden13
  8. #928Addison12
  9. #928Alfonzo12
  10. #928Algie12

Tied with 68 names at #859; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1909
Risers
  1. ↑ 711Emma#1,440 → #729
  2. ↑ 679Arturo#1,277 → #598
  3. ↑ 679Sammy#1,277 → #598
  4. ↑ 658Tracy#1,440 → #782
  5. ↑ 623Issac#1,277 → #654
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Hadley#756 → #1,589
  2. ↓ 785Cedric#804 → #1,589
  3. ↓ 707Waymon#714 → #1,421
  4. ↓ 696Hughie#893 → #1,589
  5. ↓ 696Maceo#893 → #1,589

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

See the top 100 for 1910 →