Beryl

#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 81.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
1920 · 311 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,130
since 1880

Beryl over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #374, 1920peak #584, 1912girlsboys
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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#10,9178—
2024#11,1228—
2023#10,3129—
2022#10,3839—
2021——
2020#10,2509—
2019#11,3568—
2018#10,5459—
2017#7,84014—
2016#10,8599—
2015#10,8669—
2014#8,05314—
2013#10,23510—
2012#9,10912—
2011——
2010#10,45110—
2009——
2008#17,5045—
2007#13,9247—
2006——
2005#10,9219—
2004#12,7617—
2003#12,4087—
2002——
2001——
2000#8,53411—
1999#11,3857—
1998——
1997#12,0706—
1996#9,5818—
1995#7,04112—
1994#6,67213—
1993#8,7199—
1992#7,06712—
1991#7,43011—
1990#6,46513—
1989#5,83614#7,9055
1988——
1987#4,47418—
1986#7,1349—
1985#8,3187—
1984#4,73715—
1983#8,0477#6,2385
1982#5,20913—
1981#4,96314#5,4686
1980#7,4188—
1979#9,0106#4,8427
1978#6,3859—
1977#6,8928—
1976#4,61413—
1975#5,51610—
1974#4,45913—
1973#4,87111#5,1015
1972#3,54317—
1971#4,53412#3,6588
1970#5,06110#4,7245
1969#3,77414#2,54912
1968#3,16917#2,73510
1967#2,27228#2,35212
1966#2,19129#2,7849
1965#1,99334#2,7809
1964#1,41963#2,66510
1963#1,47857#2,41412
1962#1,54053#2,03516
1961#1,46558#2,14815
1960#1,38563#2,21014
1959#1,17482#2,11115
1958#1,22176#2,09315
1957#910125#2,27413
1956#988106#2,26313
1955#932111#2,21913
1954#926108#3,1767
1953#915106#1,59223
1952#842119#1,85617
1951#712150#1,59822
1950#710145#1,36428
1949#702145#1,32230
1948#639169#1,21735
1947#674155#1,48225
1946#802106#1,32728
1945#749100#1,18031
1944#710112#93547
1943#714116#1,21432
1942#689116#1,26830
1941#689104#95145
1940#613130#1,18332
1939#610122#1,12033
1938#614122#1,12533
1937#594128#98241
1936#554138#1,05137
1935#603117#98042
1934#536146#82258
1933#502161#74567
1932#464198#80263
1931#429229#75667
1930#477197#90954
1929#502180#87857
1928#474207#95051
1927#466223#79969
1926#446228#99248
1925#496200#90056
1924#469219#75977
1923#466217#80369
1922#445233#88261
1921#447238#86864
1920#374311#81268
1919#427234#71678
1918#399268#78269
1917#434217#82260
1916#431213#81058
1915#410211#67175
1914#393180#83641
1913#399149#99525
1912#376149#58448
1911#41794#89614
1910#41291#1,1938
1909#44270#1,1557
1908#38588#9469
1907#41274#1,0947
1906#40870#70912
1905#38378#8369
1904#38573#9667
1903#41957—
1902#40159#8628
1901#38359—
1900#43159—
1899#46739—
1898#44846#1,1215
1897#47037—
1896#42845—
1895#45540—
1894#53529#1,0745
1893#46433#9076
1892#44237#9566
1891#41336—
1890#46232#9945
1889#39837—
1888#57219—
1887#42427—
1886#55616—
1885#62912—
1884#55614—
1883#6928—
1882#56011—
1881#6238—
1880#51811—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Beryl was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Beryl is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Beryl
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,917)
  • 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #10,917)
  • 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1889 (#572 → #398)
  • Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1958 (#910 → #1,221)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #374 (311 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 14 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,739
  • Highest: 1 in 3,739 girls born in 1905 were named Beryl (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #374 in 1920, was only 1 in 3,853 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 22.3% of all girls named Beryl (2,256) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1980
  • Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s163#398 (1889)#553
1890s374#413 (1891)#458
1900s687#383 (1905)#405
1910s1,806#376 (1912)#410
1920s2,256#374 (1920)#459
1930s1,558#429 (1931)#538
1940s1,253#613 (1940)#698
1950s1,128#710 (1950)#933
1960s416#1,385 (1960)#2,069
1970s109#3,543 (1972)#5,489
1980s105#4,474 (1987)#6,237
1990s91#6,465 (1990)#8,492
2000s46#8,534 (2000)#12,675
2010s95#7,840 (2017)#9,924
2020s43#10,250 (2020)#10,597

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.

Beryl in 1905

girls
#383
78 births · 1 in 3,739 girls
boys
#836
9 births · 1 in 14,701 boys

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #383Beryl78

Top boys' names in 1905

  1. #1John8,059
  2. #2William6,495
  3. #3James6,042
  4. #4George4,256
  5. #5Charles3,608
  6. #6Robert3,410
  7. #7Joseph3,302
  8. #8Frank2,837
  9. #9Edward2,366
  10. #10Thomas2,135
  11. #836Beryl9
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 3,739 of them was named Beryl, which outranked 82.9% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beryl
  1. #380Elaine79
  2. #380Georgie79
  3. #380Joyce79
  4. #383Beryl78
  5. #383Avis78
  6. #383Evie78
  7. #386Arlene77
  8. #387Ona76
  9. #387Zelda76

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

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

boys

132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 14,701 of them was named Beryl, which outranked 41.2% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beryl
  1. #786Thelma10
  2. #786Vito10
  3. #786Waverly10
  4. #836Beryl9
  5. #836Acie9
  6. #836Alcide9
  7. #836Alvis9
  8. #919Agustin8
  9. #919Alf8
  10. #919Alfonzo8

Tied with 82 names at #836; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 590Ludwig#1,205 → #615
  2. ↑ 539Domenick#1,205 → #666
  3. ↑ 506Cloyd#1,205 → #699
  4. ↑ 506Conley#1,205 → #699
  5. ↑ 506Elgin#1,205 → #699
Fallers
  1. ↓ 621Urban#612 → #1,233
  2. ↓ 586Sammy#647 → #1,233
  3. ↓ 576Randall#515 → #1,091
  4. ↓ 553Santiago#538 → #1,091
  5. ↓ 547Duane#686 → #1,233

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

See the top 100 for 1905 →