Beverley

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 97.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1938 · 407 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,062
since 1912

Beverley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Beverley has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201939peak #309, 1938girls
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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
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2025#8,36212—
2024#12,1617—
2023#8,05513—
2022#8,54212—
2021#11,1468—
2020#12,1427—
2019#10,4739—
2018#9,80610—
2017#11,6158—
2016#12,8767—
2015#16,4195—
2014#16,5135—
2013#10,23510—
2012#16,8695—
2011——
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2009#17,2945—
2008#17,5045—
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2006#12,4208—
2005#14,5026—
2004#16,0995—
2003#11,3258—
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2000#15,0315—
1999#14,4115—
1998#12,4266—
1997#12,0706—
1996#10,5677—
1995#10,5147—
1994#10,5697—
1993#10,5887—
1992#7,51211—
1991#5,65916—
1990#4,69420—
1989#7,44910—
1988#7,6919—
1987#7,9878—
1986#6,61210—
1985#5,67812—
1984#5,53912—
1983#6,21210—
1982#6,37110—
1981#4,96314—
1980#5,24513—
1979#5,09213—
1978#4,24216—
1977#3,48621—
1976#3,00224—
1975#3,25921—
1974#2,75726—
1973#2,34932—
1972#1,94642—
1971#2,06440—
1970#2,08139—
1969#1,54659—
1968#1,40664—
1967#1,36065—
1966#1,31268—
1965#1,25274—
1964#955121—
1963#1,052104#3,6466
1962#925131#4,0335
1961#916139#4,0655
1960#782171—
1959#789167—
1958#686206—
1957#638236—
1956#630231—
1955#599237—
1954#557253—
1953#554249—
1952#539251#3,3736
1951#492277#3,7145
1950#482283—
1949#498265#3,0197
1948#452313#3,6685
1947#421373#2,35611
1946#412352#2,9197
1945#420286—
1944#364367—
1943#363394#2,07413
1942#360377#2,7128
1941#355348#3,5055
1940#343350#2,4789
1939#344341#2,6098
1938#309407#2,8687
1937#322371#2,6808
1936#317370#3,1476
1935#341350#2,24611
1934#341347#1,93214
1933#356310#2,5429
1932#345337#2,6389
1931#361318#2,10113
1930#350360#2,29312
1929#378315#2,58910
1928#378321#2,16214
1927#418272#2,12115
1926#448227#2,18614
1925#516187#2,75510
1924#619147#2,13215
1923#642131#2,22414
1922#73498#2,04016
1921#75793#2,37613
1920#85072#2,33613
1919#92558#2,66510
1918#87966#2,54311
1917#1,01348#2,09114
1916#1,38028#2,38911
1915#1,43925#2,07013
1914#3,1886#1,77213
1913#2,8276#2,8215
1912#2,6346#2,0457
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Beverley! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2002, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Beverley is popular in 1939

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedMEVermont: #82 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 295 girlsVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedNHWashington: #221 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,801 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #322 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,544 girlsMNIllinois: #261 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 2,336 girlsILWisconsin: #266 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,938 girlsWIMichigan: #177 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,297 girlsMINew York: #291 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 2,938 girlsNYMassachusetts: #294 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,032 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedSDIowa: #292 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,179 girlsIAIndiana: #188 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,587 girlsINOhio: #319 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,877 girlsOHPennsylvania: #319 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 3,805 girlsPANew Jersey: #357 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,987 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #193 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 1,061 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedUTColorado: #254 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,759 girlsCONebraska: #209 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,512 girlsNEMissouri: #363 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,831 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #305 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,681 girlsWVVirginia: #241 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,589 girlsVAMaryland: #265 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,404 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedNMKansas: #217 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,538 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedARTennessee: #435 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,432 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #345 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,502 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedHITexas: #687 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,124 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Beverley, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Vermont#82 · 1 in 295
  2. Michigan#177 · 1 in 1,297
  3. Indiana#188 · 1 in 1,587
  4. California#193 · 1 in 1,061
  5. Nebraska#209 · 1 in 1,512

Best ever in a state: #61 in Vermont, 1933.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Vermont#8281 in 295
Michigan#177321 in 1,297
Indiana#188161 in 1,587
California#193431 in 1,061
Nebraska#20961 in 1,512
Kansas#21781 in 1,538
Washington#22161 in 1,801
Virginia#241151 in 1,589
Colorado#25451 in 1,759
Illinois#261231 in 2,336
Maryland#26551 in 2,404
Wisconsin#26681 in 2,938
New York#291291 in 2,938
Iowa#29261 in 3,179
Massachusetts#29471 in 4,032
West Virginia#30571 in 2,681
Ohio#319131 in 3,877
Pennsylvania#319191 in 3,805
Minnesota#32261 in 3,544
Oklahoma#34581 in 2,502
New Jersey#35751 in 4,987
Missouri#36371 in 3,831
Tennessee#43551 in 5,432
Texas#68781 in 7,124
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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 Beverley
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3,799 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #8,362)
  • 3,780 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #8,362)
  • 8,057 spots since 2015 (#16,419 → #8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1918 (#1,013 → #879)
  • Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1965 (#955 → #1,252)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1938 at #309 (407 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1918–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,711
  • Highest: 1 in 2,711 girls born in 1938 were named Beverley (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Beverley (3,511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s243#879 (1918)#1,786
1920s1,863#378 (1928)#574
1930s3,511#309 (1938)#339
1940s3,425#343 (1940)#399
1950s2,390#482 (1950)#597
1960s996#782 (1960)#1,151
1970s274#1,946 (1972)#3,028
1980s108#4,963 (1981)#6,375
1990s92#4,694 (1990)#9,901
2000s42#11,325 (2003)#14,882
2010s59#9,806 (2018)#13,101
2020s59#8,055 (2023)#10,068

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.

Beverley in 1939

girls
#344
341 births · 1 in 3,216 girls
boys
#2,609
8 births · 1 in 138,357 boys

Top girls' names in 1939

  1. #1Mary54,900
  2. #2Barbara37,257
  3. #3Patricia29,701
  4. #4Betty23,639
  5. #5Shirley20,447
  6. #6Carol20,166
  7. #7Nancy19,723
  8. #8Judith16,625
  9. #9Dorothy15,169
  10. #10Margaret14,949
  11. #344Beverley341

Top boys' names in 1939

  1. #1Robert59,666
  2. #2James59,636
  3. #3John51,025
  4. #4William42,071
  5. #5Richard35,386
  6. #6Charles30,789
  7. #7David25,360
  8. #8Donald24,056
  9. #9Thomas22,129
  10. #10Ronald19,837
  11. #2,609Beverley8
More about 1939

girls

1,096,612 girls got a published name in 1939; 1 in 3,216 of them was named Beverley, which outranked 93.1% of the 4,950 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverley
  1. #340Rhoda348
  2. #342Carla347
  3. #343Marlys343
  4. #344Beverley341
  5. #345Isabel340
  6. #346Gay338
  7. #347Ola337
Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 880April#1,805 → #925
  2. ↑ 865Karel#1,703 → #838
  3. ↑ 725Hedy#1,650 → #925
  4. ↑ 722Vivien#1,703 → #981
  5. ↑ 709Karon#1,547 → #838
Fallers
  1. ↓ 712Eulalia#972 → #1,684
  2. ↓ 446Shelvia#955 → #1,401
  3. ↓ 358Naoma#992 → #1,350
  4. ↓ 304Imelda#890 → #1,194
  5. ↓ 279Helaine#870 → #1,149

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

boys

1,106,852 boys got a published name in 1939; 1 in 138,357 of them was named Beverley, which outranked 34.2% of the 3,968 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverley
  1. #2,449Windle9
  2. #2,449Woodroe9
  3. #2,449Worthy9
  4. #2,609Beverley8
  5. #2,609Abran8
  6. #2,609Adrien8
  7. #2,609Aime8
  8. #2,829Abdul7
  9. #2,829Abie7
  10. #2,829Acey7

Tied with 219 names at #2,609; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1938
Risers
  1. ↑ 463Alfonzo#1,439 → #976
  2. ↑ 447Rod#1,439 → #992
  3. ↑ 443Estel#1,397 → #954
  4. ↑ 422Cameron#1,364 → #942
  5. ↑ 421Turner#1,337 → #916
Fallers
  1. ↓ 518Gonzalo#779 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 497Judge#992 → #1,489
  3. ↓ 396Melville#963 → #1,359
  4. ↓ 355Agustin#883 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 351Antone#921 → #1,272

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

See the top 100 for 1939 →