Beulah

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 983 births
Debut · girls
131 births
In top 100 · girls
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
73,252
since 1880

Beulah over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #72, 1904girls
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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#5,91720—
2024#5,02126—
2023#5,75221—
2022#10,3839—
2021#6,69117—
2020#8,95311—
2019#4,65329—
2018#6,79217—
2017#6,80817—
2016#7,23016—
2015#8,00814—
2014#9,51711—
2013#8,13514—
2012#9,10912—
2011——
2010#16,9925—
2009#15,2426—
2008#13,8327—
2007#13,9247—
2006#11,4179—
2005#10,9219—
2004#8,71612—
2003#15,7845—
2002#9,48210—
2001#12,0567—
2000#11,8017—
1999#12,6886—
1998#14,1225—
1997#9,0179—
1996#10,5677—
1995#8,7669—
1994#8,12210—
1993#13,4425—
1992#10,4797—
1991#6,97612—
1990#6,13114—
1989#5,28616—
1988#5,06516—
1987#6,33511—
1986#5,75712—
1985#4,45517—
1984#3,99019—
1983#4,28617—
1982#3,89820—
1981#3,85920—
1980#3,71921—
1979#3,90319—
1978#2,94227—
1977#3,61220—
1976#2,86526—
1975#3,05223—
1974#2,34833—
1973#2,62927—
1972#2,68026—
1971#2,24735—
1970#1,78150—
1969#2,05837—
1968#2,29628—
1967#1,36065—
1966#1,64646—
1965#1,39462—
1964#1,24678—
1963#1,13992—
1962#1,16788—
1961#1,12695—
1960#1,22080—
1959#978117—
1958#892131—
1957#851142—
1956#845138—
1955#775153—
1954#656195—
1953#665182—
1952#620201—
1951#552233—
1950#478288—
1949#448317—
1948#439327—
1947#424371—
1946#408353—
1945#347392—
1944#315462—
1943#310503—
1942#306508—
1941#270554—
1940#253621—
1939#259574—
1938#237689#3,5345
1937#225719#3,5185
1936#221743#3,5495
1935#202845#3,2526
1934#191931—
1933#189896#3,6425
1932#183999#3,0927
1931#1731,063#2,32811
1930#1681,210#3,5926
1929#1611,279—
1928#1541,421#3,3577
1927#1451,657#3,4517
1926#1481,650—
1925#1431,777#3,1558
1924#1382,006#4,3475
1923#1292,050#2,9509
1922#1242,097#3,2528
1921#1162,313#2,9869
1920#1092,376#3,8156
1919#1082,212#4,1685
1918#1042,363#2,8829
1917#1022,232#2,28012
1916#972,401#3,1777
1915#952,268#1,96814
1914#961,775—
1913#851,641#2,4966
1912#801,607#1,8858
1911#791,244#1,2908
1910#821,131#1,4216
1909#801,052—
1908#821,015#1,3735
1907#731,092—
1906#75980—
1905#77968—
1904#72983—
1903#72920—
1902#77873#1,1375
1901#74859—
1900#78974#1,0507
1899#76770—
1898#82783#1,0026
1897#81688—
1896#77750—
1895#74760—
1894#79675—
1893#80622—
1892#77638#9566
1891#81526—
1890#79573—
1889#81498—
1888#95426—
1887#90355—
1886#98345—
1885#96309—
1884#113233—
1883#107217—
1882#112190—
1881#112162—
1880#122131—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Beulah was already there! It came in at #122, and was given to 131 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2010–2011, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Beulah is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Beulah
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 896 spots since 2024 (#5,021 → #5,917)
  • 3,036 spots since 2020 (#8,953 → #5,917)
  • 2,091 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #5,917)
  • Biggest jump: 17 spots in 1885 (#113 → #96)
  • Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1960 (#978 → #1,220)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #72 (983 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 40 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1885–1916
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 279
  • Highest: 1 in 279 girls born in 1901 were named Beulah (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #72 in 1904, was only 1 in 280 (0.36%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 25.8% of all girls named Beulah (18,874) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,866#81 (1889)#103
1890s6,785#74 (1895)#79
1900s9,716#72 (1904)#76
1910s18,874#79 (1911)#93
1920s18,626#109 (1920)#137
1930s8,669#168 (1930)#205
1940s4,408#253 (1940)#352
1950s1,780#478 (1950)#731
1960s671#1,126 (1961)#1,465
1970s286#1,781 (1970)#2,806
1980s169#3,719 (1980)#4,665
1990s84#6,131 (1990)#10,031
2000s79#8,716 (2004)#12,318
2010s135#4,653 (2019)#8,583
2020s104#5,021 (2024)#7,120

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.

Beulah in 1890

girls
#79
573 births · 1 in 332 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #79Beulah573
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 332 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 94.9% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beulah
  1. #76Daisy588
  2. #77Willie578
  3. #78Lydia576
  4. #79Beulah573
  5. #80Sallie571
  6. #81Ruby540
  7. #82Gladys525
Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →