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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1910 · 2,459 births
- Debut · girls
- 87 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 45 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 194,920since 1880
Beatrice over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #508 | 583 | — | |
| 2024 | #579 | 520 | — | |
| 2023 | #587 | 511 | — | |
| 2022 | #554 | 549 | — | |
| 2021 | #564 | 542 | — | |
| 2020 | #552 | 538 | — | |
| 2019 | #558 | 547 | — | |
| 2018 | #570 | 542 | — | |
| 2017 | #559 | 548 | — | |
| 2016 | #557 | 560 | — | |
| 2015 | #569 | 542 | — | |
| 2014 | #599 | 491 | — | |
| 2013 | #587 | 485 | — | |
| 2012 | #695 | 404 | — | |
| 2011 | #702 | 396 | — | |
| 2010 | #837 | 321 | — | |
| 2009 | #851 | 327 | — | |
| 2008 | #837 | 338 | — | |
| 2007 | #896 | 308 | — | |
| 2006 | #961 | 272 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,112 | 213 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,008 | 234 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,065 | 210 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,107 | 190 | — | |
| 2001 | #984 | 218 | — | |
| 2000 | #970 | 218 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,035 | 196 | — | |
| 1998 | #936 | 220 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,050 | 182 | — | |
| 1996 | #913 | 215 | — | |
| 1995 | #949 | 198 | — | |
| 1994 | #872 | 224 | — | |
| 1993 | #775 | 266 | — | |
| 1992 | #739 | 286 | — | |
| 1991 | #696 | 306 | — | |
| 1990 | #720 | 290 | — | |
| 1989 | #670 | 303 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #671 | 287 | — | |
| 1987 | #837 | 209 | — | |
| 1986 | #702 | 258 | — | |
| 1985 | #632 | 294 | — | |
| 1984 | #705 | 235 | — | |
| 1983 | #669 | 257 | — | |
| 1982 | #621 | 289 | — | |
| 1981 | #550 | 338 | — | |
| 1980 | #634 | 287 | — | |
| 1979 | #625 | 280 | — | |
| 1978 | #585 | 293 | — | |
| 1977 | #599 | 284 | — | |
| 1976 | #582 | 282 | — | |
| 1975 | #536 | 322 | — | |
| 1974 | #527 | 317 | — | |
| 1973 | #519 | 327 | — | |
| 1972 | #537 | 310 | — | |
| 1971 | #467 | 428 | — | |
| 1970 | #478 | 423 | — | |
| 1969 | #462 | 438 | — | |
| 1968 | #427 | 493 | — | |
| 1967 | #416 | 504 | — | |
| 1966 | #369 | 602 | — | |
| 1965 | #356 | 641 | — | |
| 1964 | #376 | 650 | — | |
| 1963 | #354 | 718 | — | |
| 1962 | #349 | 737 | — | |
| 1961 | #341 | 768 | — | |
| 1960 | #310 | 910 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #310 | 885 | — | |
| 1958 | #304 | 877 | — | |
| 1957 | #285 | 983 | — | |
| 1956 | #270 | 1,007 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #259 | 1,038 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #248 | 1,083 | — | |
| 1953 | #243 | 1,095 | — | |
| 1952 | #225 | 1,223 | — | |
| 1951 | #214 | 1,283 | — | |
| 1950 | #210 | 1,271 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #203 | 1,340 | — | |
| 1948 | #191 | 1,433 | — | |
| 1947 | #188 | 1,465 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #180 | 1,463 | — | |
| 1945 | #170 | 1,358 | — | |
| 1944 | #156 | 1,579 | #2,633 | 8 |
| 1943 | #152 | 1,756 | #1,986 | 14 |
| 1942 | #146 | 1,772 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #143 | 1,664 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #140 | 1,730 | #2,322 | 10 |
| 1939 | #136 | 1,778 | #1,636 | 17 |
| 1938 | #125 | 1,910 | #1,741 | 16 |
| 1937 | #120 | 1,987 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #121 | 1,955 | #2,062 | 12 |
| 1935 | #107 | 2,243 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #99 | 2,410 | #1,725 | 17 |
| 1933 | #94 | 2,410 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #87 | 2,787 | #1,356 | 26 |
| 1931 | #85 | 2,844 | #1,361 | 26 |
| 1930 | #76 | 3,390 | #1,964 | 15 |
| 1929 | #72 | 3,574 | #1,339 | 28 |
| 1928 | #70 | 3,922 | #1,413 | 27 |
| 1927 | #67 | 4,241 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #58 | 4,518 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1925 | #50 | 4,992 | #1,628 | 22 |
| 1924 | #50 | 5,271 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #46 | 5,464 | #1,753 | 20 |
| 1922 | #43 | 5,476 | #1,503 | 25 |
| 1921 | #41 | 5,968 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1920 | #41 | 5,804 | #1,694 | 21 |
| 1919 | #41 | 5,856 | #2,511 | 11 |
| 1918 | #40 | 5,907 | #1,404 | 26 |
| 1917 | #39 | 5,839 | #1,437 | 24 |
| 1916 | #38 | 5,586 | #1,771 | 17 |
| 1915 | #37 | 5,342 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #38 | 4,232 | #1,687 | 14 |
| 1913 | #37 | 3,567 | #1,497 | 13 |
| 1912 | #37 | 3,205 | #1,619 | 10 |
| 1911 | #37 | 2,522 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #36 | 2,459 | #859 | 13 |
| 1909 | #38 | 2,105 | #840 | 12 |
| 1908 | #40 | 1,997 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #44 | 1,858 | — | |
| 1906 | #45 | 1,679 | #852 | 9 |
| 1905 | #45 | 1,661 | #786 | 10 |
| 1904 | #45 | 1,549 | — | |
| 1903 | #49 | 1,439 | #1,009 | 6 |
| 1902 | #49 | 1,429 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #53 | 1,183 | — | |
| 1900 | #56 | 1,382 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #56 | 1,061 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #60 | 1,122 | — | |
| 1897 | #68 | 942 | — | |
| 1896 | #70 | 870 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | #73 | 814 | — | |
| 1894 | #76 | 684 | — | |
| 1893 | #85 | 564 | — | |
| 1892 | #90 | 541 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #91 | 485 | — | |
| 1890 | #98 | 417 | — | |
| 1889 | #108 | 352 | — | |
| 1888 | #116 | 316 | — | |
| 1887 | #116 | 262 | — | |
| 1886 | #137 | 192 | — | |
| 1885 | #133 | 188 | — | |
| 1884 | #136 | 167 | — | |
| 1883 | #146 | 126 | — | |
| 1882 | #144 | 123 | — | |
| 1881 | #156 | 87 | — | |
| 1880 | #154 | 87 | — | |
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 1997
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Texas#649 · 1 in 4,372
- Massachusetts#690 · 1 in 6,360
- California#727 · 1 in 5,065
- Virginia#740 · 1 in 5,543
- Washington#808 · 1 in 5,726
Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #649 | 32 | 1 in 4,372 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 5 | 1 in 6,360 |
| California | #727 | 44 | 1 in 5,065 |
| Virginia | #740 | 6 | 1 in 5,543 |
| Washington | #808 | 5 | 1 in 5,726 |
| Arizona | #868 | 5 | 1 in 5,615 |
| Michigan | #885 | 7 | 1 in 7,423 |
| Illinois | #888 | 10 | 1 in 6,992 |
| New Jersey | #993 | 5 | 1 in 8,351 |
| Florida | #1,086 | 8 | 1 in 9,169 |
| New York | #1,100 | 11 | 1 in 9,182 |
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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.
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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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,900 | #108 (1889) | #135 |
| 1890s | 7,500 | #56 (1899) | #77 |
| 1900s | 16,282 | #38 (1909) | #46 |
| 1910s | 44,515 | #36 (1910) | #38 |
| 1920s | 49,230 | #41 (1921) | #54 |
| 1930s | 23,714 | #76 (1930) | #105 |
| 1940s | 15,560 | #140 (1940) | #167 |
| 1950s | 10,745 | #210 (1950) | #257 |
| 1960s | 6,461 | #310 (1960) | #376 |
| 1970s | 3,266 | #467 (1971) | #546 |
| 1980s | 2,757 | #550 (1981) | #669 |
| 1990s | 2,383 | #696 (1991) | #869 |
| 2000s | 2,528 | #837 (2008) | #979 |
| 2010s | 4,836 | #557 (2016) | #623 |
| 2020s | 3,243 | #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 1997
girls
#1,050
182 births · 1 in 9,564 girls
Top girls' names in 1997
More about 1997
girls
1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 9,564 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 93.5% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).