Beula

Last seen for girls in 1953 at #5,040

Peak · girls
1891 · 12 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,183
since 1885

Beula over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Beula has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #796, 1891girls
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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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1953#5,0406
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1950#5,3015
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1947#3,7069
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1945#4,5565
1944#3,3788
1943#3,8017
1942#3,7387
1941#2,84610
1940#2,73710
1939#2,20614
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1937#4,2555
1936#2,38612
1935#2,30513
1934#3,4497
1933#2,8689
1932#1,81719
1931#1,80319
1930#1,81520
1929#1,59824
1928#1,50228
1927#1,19442
1926#1,58927
1925#1,13646
1924#1,50331
1923#1,12946
1922#1,12446
1921#1,09248
1920#1,19041
1919#1,09045
1918#1,25536
1917#1,11041
1916#1,10041
1915#1,05540
1914#94239
1913#1,04027
1912#91930
1911#1,54510
1910#97020
1909#1,6078
1908#1,13513
1907#84020
1906#1,04313
1905#1,16211
1904#1,00113
1903#1,02712
1902#90315
1901#85715
1900#94116
1899#1,0999
1898#1,04711
1897#86714
1896#90313
1895#81515
1894#81214
1893#86512
1892#1,2786
1891#79612
1890#82511
1889#1,2795
1888#83710
1887#9377
1886#8288
1885#8427
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Beula! It came in at #842, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1937–1938, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Beula is popular in 1921

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedHITexas: #784 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,411 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Beula, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Texas#784 · 1 in 8,411

Best ever in a state: #335 in Kentucky, 1914.

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See more about Beula
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1953
  • Biggest jump: 637 spots in 1910 (#1,607 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 575 spots in 1911 (#970 → #1,545)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1891 at #796 (12 births)
  • Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1893–1897
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,457
  • Highest: 1 in 15,457 girls born in 1891 were named Beula (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 313,550 girls born in 1953 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 32.0% of all girls named Beula (379) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s37#828 (1886)#945
1890s117#796 (1891)#931
1900s136#840 (1907)#1,052
1910s329#919 (1912)#1,103
1920s379#1,092 (1921)#1,306
1930s118#1,803 (1931)#2,545
1940s56#2,737 (1940)#3,537
1950s11#5,040 (1953)#5,171

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.

Beula in 1921

girls
#1,092
48 births · 1 in 25,689 girls

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #1,092Beula48
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 25,689 of them was named Beula, which outranked 81.4% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beula
  1. #1,080Rosaria49
  2. #1,080Roy49
  3. #1,080Veta49
  4. #1,092Beula48
  5. #1,092Adah48
  6. #1,092Alease48
  7. #1,092Alvena48
  8. #1,115Celesta47
  9. #1,115Charleen47
  10. #1,115Clifford47

Tied with 22 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

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

See the top 100 for 1921 →