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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201910peak #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 1910

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedNHWashington: #102 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 388 girlsWAIdaho: #62 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 151 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #80 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 307 girlsNDMinnesota: #86 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 365 girlsMNIllinois: #90 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 354 girlsILWisconsin: #119 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 567 girlsWIMichigan: #102 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 434 girlsMINew York: #195 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,351 girlsNYMassachusetts: #207 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,106 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #62 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 196 girlsSDIowa: #54 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 184 girlsIAIndiana: #46 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 190 girlsINOhio: #91 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 394 girlsOHPennsylvania: #114 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 659 girlsPANew Jersey: #182 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,235 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #185 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 992 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedUTColorado: #120 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 494 girlsCONebraska: #85 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 318 girlsNEMissouri: #43 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 158 girlsMOKentucky: #62 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 197 girlsKYWest Virginia: #31 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 114 girlsWVVirginia: #83 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 308 girlsVAMaryland: #60 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 265 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedNMKansas: #54 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 177 girlsKSArkansas: #62 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 193 girlsARTennessee: #45 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 161 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #49 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 152 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #83 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 284 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #38 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 143 girlsOKLouisiana: #60 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 202 girlsLAMississippi: #106 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 402 girlsMSAlabama: #114 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 452 girlsALGeorgia: #82 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 284 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Beulah, so not publishedHITexas: #88 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 327 girlsTXFlorida: #79 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 268 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#31 · 1 in 114
  2. Oklahoma#38 · 1 in 143
  3. Missouri#43 · 1 in 158
  4. Tennessee#45 · 1 in 161
  5. Indiana#46 · 1 in 190

Best ever in a state: #27 in West Virginia, 1913.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#31501 in 114
Oklahoma#38511 in 143
Missouri#43691 in 158
Tennessee#45651 in 161
Indiana#46391 in 190
North Carolina#49831 in 152
Iowa#54311 in 184
Kansas#54271 in 177
Louisiana#60481 in 202
Maryland#60181 in 265
Arkansas#62391 in 193
Idaho#6251 in 151
Kentucky#62541 in 197
South Dakota#6291 in 196
Florida#79151 in 268
North Dakota#8071 in 307
Georgia#82551 in 284
South Carolina#83331 in 284
Virginia#83351 in 308
Nebraska#85111 in 318
Minnesota#86161 in 365
Texas#88591 in 327
Illinois#90521 in 354
Ohio#91381 in 394
Michigan#102201 in 434
Washington#10271 in 388
Mississippi#106261 in 402
Alabama#114291 in 452
Pennsylvania#114481 in 659
Wisconsin#119121 in 567
Colorado#12051 in 494
New Jersey#18271 in 1,235
California#18561 in 992
New York#195241 in 1,351
Massachusetts#20751 in 2,106
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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 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 1910

girls
#82
1,131 births · 1 in 351 girls
boys
#1,421
6 births · 1 in 32,368 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. #82Beulah1,131

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. #1,421Beulah6
More about 1910

girls

396,503 girls got a published name in 1910; 1 in 351 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 97.1% 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 Beulah
  1. #79Leona1,220
  2. #80Kathryn1,198
  3. #81Jennie1,183
  4. #82Beulah1,131
  5. #82Rosa1,131
  6. #84Marguerite1,086
  7. #85Cora1,079
  8. #85Mamie1,079

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

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 32,368 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 22.7% 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 Beulah
  1. #1,314Young7
  2. #1,314Zeb7
  3. #1,314Zollie7
  4. #1,421Beulah6
  5. #1,421Adell6
  6. #1,421Afton6
  7. #1,421Agustin6
  8. #1,589Adelard5
  9. #1,589Aime5
  10. #1,589Albino5

Tied with 167 names at #1,421; 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 →