Bev

Last seen for girls in 1971 at #5,543 · Last seen for boys in 1917 at #3,981
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
#929
1959 · 127 births
Debut · girls
1940
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
998
since 1940

Bev over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bev has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #929, 1959girls
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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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First appearance
1940

The first year at least five girls were named Bev! It came in at #4,349, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1950–1952, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Bev is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #402 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,830 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedWIMichigan: #524 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 7,240 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedINOhio: #593 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,019 girlsOHPennsylvania: #797 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 15,864 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,131 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 19,458 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Bev, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Minnesota#402 · 1 in 4,830
  2. Michigan#524 · 1 in 7,240
  3. Ohio#593 · 1 in 8,019
  4. Pennsylvania#797 · 1 in 15,864
  5. California#1,131 · 1 in 19,458

Best ever in a state: #396 in Iowa, 1959.

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See more about Bev
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1971
  • Biggest jump: 243 spots in 1958 (#1,228 → #985)
  • Biggest drop: 115 spots in 1961 (#993 → #1,108)
Rise & fade · girls
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1940
  • Peaked 1959 at #929 (127 births)
  • Births halved by 1963, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1958–1960
Share of babies · girls
1 in 15,933
  • Highest: 1 in 15,933 girls born in 1959 were named Bev (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 184,869 girls born in 1971 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 48.1% of all girls named Bev (480) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1940s123#1,993 (1947)#2,960
1950s379#929 (1959)#2,174
1960s480#993 (1960)#2,459
1970s16#5,543 (1971)#5,953

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.

Bev in 1961

girls
#1,108
98 births · 1 in 20,597 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,108Bev98
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 20,597 of them was named Bev, which outranked 85.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bev
  1. #1,101Lilia99
  2. #1,101Nedra99
  3. #1,101Petra99
  4. #1,108Bev98
  5. #1,108Dian98
  6. #1,108Effie98
  7. #1,108Frieda98
  8. #1,116Jacalyn97
  9. #1,116Justina97
  10. #1,116Laure97

Tied with 7 names at #1,108; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →