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
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 983 births
- Debut · girls
- 131 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 32 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 73,252since 1880
Beulah over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #5,917 | 20 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,246 | 78 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,139 | 92 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,167 | 88 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,126 | 95 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,220 | 80 | — | |
| 1959 | #978 | 117 | — | |
| 1958 | #892 | 131 | — | |
| 1957 | #851 | 142 | — | |
| 1956 | #845 | 138 | — | |
| 1955 | #775 | 153 | — | |
| 1954 | #656 | 195 | — | |
| 1953 | #665 | 182 | — | |
| 1952 | #620 | 201 | — | |
| 1951 | #552 | 233 | — | |
| 1950 | #478 | 288 | — | |
| 1949 | #448 | 317 | — | |
| 1948 | #439 | 327 | — | |
| 1947 | #424 | 371 | — | |
| 1946 | #408 | 353 | — | |
| 1945 | #347 | 392 | — | |
| 1944 | #315 | 462 | — | |
| 1943 | #310 | 503 | — | |
| 1942 | #306 | 508 | — | |
| 1941 | #270 | 554 | — | |
| 1940 | #253 | 621 | — | |
| 1939 | #259 | 574 | — | |
| 1938 | #237 | 689 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #225 | 719 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #221 | 743 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #202 | 845 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #191 | 931 | — | |
| 1933 | #189 | 896 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #183 | 999 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #173 | 1,063 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #168 | 1,210 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #161 | 1,279 | — | |
| 1928 | #154 | 1,421 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #145 | 1,657 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #148 | 1,650 | — | |
| 1925 | #143 | 1,777 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #138 | 2,006 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #129 | 2,050 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #124 | 2,097 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #116 | 2,313 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #109 | 2,376 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #108 | 2,212 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #104 | 2,363 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #102 | 2,232 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #97 | 2,401 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #95 | 2,268 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #96 | 1,775 | — | |
| 1913 | #85 | 1,641 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #80 | 1,607 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #79 | 1,244 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #82 | 1,131 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #80 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1908 | #82 | 1,015 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #73 | 1,092 | — | |
| 1906 | #75 | 980 | — | |
| 1905 | #77 | 968 | — | |
| 1904 | #72 | 983 | — | |
| 1903 | #72 | 920 | — | |
| 1902 | #77 | 873 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #74 | 859 | — | |
| 1900 | #78 | 974 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #76 | 770 | — | |
| 1898 | #82 | 783 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #81 | 688 | — | |
| 1896 | #77 | 750 | — | |
| 1895 | #74 | 760 | — | |
| 1894 | #79 | 675 | — | |
| 1893 | #80 | 622 | — | |
| 1892 | #77 | 638 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #81 | 526 | — | |
| 1890 | #79 | 573 | — | |
| 1889 | #81 | 498 | — | |
| 1888 | #95 | 426 | — | |
| 1887 | #90 | 355 | — | |
| 1886 | #98 | 345 | — | |
| 1885 | #96 | 309 | — | |
| 1884 | #113 | 233 | — | |
| 1883 | #107 | 217 | — | |
| 1882 | #112 | 190 | — | |
| 1881 | #112 | 162 | — | |
| 1880 | #122 | 131 | — | |
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 1938
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#107 · 1 in 458
- West Virginia#111 · 1 in 501
- Kentucky#121 · 1 in 553
- North Carolina#130 · 1 in 544
- Maine#144 · 1 in 694
Best ever in a state: #27 in West Virginia, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #107 | 52 | 1 in 458 |
| West Virginia | #111 | 38 | 1 in 501 |
| Kentucky | #121 | 51 | 1 in 553 |
| North Carolina | #130 | 68 | 1 in 544 |
| Maine | #144 | 9 | 1 in 694 |
| Tennessee | #149 | 38 | 1 in 714 |
| Louisiana | #158 | 36 | 1 in 617 |
| Kansas | #166 | 12 | 1 in 1,025 |
| South Carolina | #167 | 28 | 1 in 732 |
| Maryland | #173 | 12 | 1 in 1,036 |
| Mississippi | #178 | 27 | 1 in 835 |
| Missouri | #183 | 24 | 1 in 1,118 |
| Georgia | #194 | 32 | 1 in 963 |
| Alabama | #195 | 30 | 1 in 977 |
| Ohio | #222 | 26 | 1 in 1,964 |
| Arizona | #225 | 5 | 1 in 938 |
| Oklahoma | #232 | 16 | 1 in 1,271 |
| Florida | #236 | 11 | 1 in 1,234 |
| New Mexico | #242 | 5 | 1 in 1,109 |
| Arkansas | #243 | 15 | 1 in 1,247 |
| Colorado | #245 | 6 | 1 in 1,481 |
| Iowa | #247 | 8 | 1 in 2,364 |
| Indiana | #299 | 8 | 1 in 3,258 |
| Illinois | #306 | 19 | 1 in 2,906 |
| Minnesota | #309 | 6 | 1 in 3,500 |
| Wisconsin | #310 | 6 | 1 in 3,979 |
| Pennsylvania | #346 | 17 | 1 in 4,374 |
| Texas | #349 | 26 | 1 in 2,219 |
| New Jersey | #361 | 5 | 1 in 4,940 |
| Michigan | #416 | 7 | 1 in 6,039 |
| New York | #465 | 11 | 1 in 7,778 |
| California | #564 | 6 | 1 in 7,420 |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #72 (983 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1885–1916
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1959
- 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
- 25.8% of all girls named Beulah (18,874) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,866 | #81 (1889) | #103 |
| 1890s | 6,785 | #74 (1895) | #79 |
| 1900s | 9,716 | #72 (1904) | #76 |
| 1910s | 18,874 | #79 (1911) | #93 |
| 1920s | 18,626 | #109 (1920) | #137 |
| 1930s | 8,669 | #168 (1930) | #205 |
| 1940s | 4,408 | #253 (1940) | #352 |
| 1950s | 1,780 | #478 (1950) | #731 |
| 1960s | 671 | #1,126 (1961) | #1,465 |
| 1970s | 286 | #1,781 (1970) | #2,806 |
| 1980s | 169 | #3,719 (1980) | #4,665 |
| 1990s | 84 | #6,131 (1990) | #10,031 |
| 2000s | 79 | #8,716 (2004) | #12,318 |
| 2010s | 135 | #4,653 (2019) | #8,583 |
| 2020s | 104 | #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 1938
Top girls' names in 1938
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More about 1938
girls
1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 1,602 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 95.3% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,109,147 boys got a published name in 1938; 1 in 221,829 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 12.4% of the 4,035 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,534; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.