Beverly

#1,016 for girls in 2025, 246 births · Last seen for boys in 1991 at #8,236
Given to girls 98.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1937 · 9,634 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
39 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
378,561
since 1893

Beverly over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #14, 1937girls
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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#1,016246—
2024#1,044240—
2023#1,174204—
2022#1,107224—
2021#1,249188—
2020#1,264177—
2019#1,349168—
2018#1,292176—
2017#1,416161—
2016#1,394167—
2015#1,477155—
2014#1,534142—
2013#1,546141—
2012#1,685125—
2011#1,728119—
2010#2,01099—
2009#1,620138—
2008#1,415168—
2007#1,480157—
2006#1,291183—
2005#1,392154—
2004#1,170192—
2003#1,212175—
2002#1,129184—
2001#1,117189—
2000#1,113183—
1999#948219—
1998#936220—
1997#834248—
1996#782266—
1995#717288—
1994#608368—
1993#581405—
1992#532444—
1991#540433#8,2365
1990#524456—
1989#532434#5,1659
1988#487463#6,4266
1987#476455#6,9515
1986#481446#5,3327
1985#451482#4,3339
1984#406522#5,5616
1983#388568—
1982#377609#5,0037
1981#347675—
1980#334721—
1979#328713#4,8427
1978#280824—
1977#276862#4,1648
1976#255931#3,26411
1975#2451,009#3,6599
1974#2091,205#3,12011
1973#1921,347#3,01311
1972#1851,568#2,41815
1971#1601,988#2,36616
1970#1502,248#2,73912
1969#1412,404#2,04617
1968#1222,590#1,89418
1967#1123,003#1,97416
1966#1093,219#1,89117
1965#1013,770#1,66922
1964#914,606#1,46229
1963#815,280#1,42630
1962#696,266#1,31135
1961#666,708#1,36834
1960#607,392#1,40032
1959#557,796#1,10149
1958#557,679#1,34533
1957#488,560#1,11747
1956#409,449#1,19341
1955#3410,001#1,01155
1954#3111,155#89268
1953#3411,240#1,05847
1952#3510,547#76684
1951#3310,860#97252
1950#3110,503#87861
1949#3110,552#85664
1948#3110,795#94554
1947#3111,205#80573
1946#3010,430#81265
1945#377,618#88451
1944#358,292#75468
1943#329,435#68188
1942#329,411#68787
1941#298,727#59799
1940#278,657#60795
1939#258,706#65283
1938#189,770#60995
1937#149,634#58497
1936#178,901#60892
1935#207,992#58597
1934#227,886#585102
1933#267,186#61091
1932#287,527#542117
1931#316,789#62192
1930#346,455#599103
1929#395,862#553114
1928#465,437#578114
1927#574,932#569117
1926#743,775#559121
1925#1052,668#68288
1924#1212,283#616107
1923#1441,737#610108
1922#1631,411#65795
1921#1861,160#630102
1920#207940#65394
1919#243684#62893
1918#241706#68483
1917#247630#71373
1916#272495#68076
1915#338311#522113
1914#459142#65360
1913#502103#65846
1912#51588#62244
1911#54260#64423
1910#54356#75516
1909#66935#75614
1908#67832#77912
1907#73926#69914
1906#64231#9278
1905#92616#59216
1904#1,00113#72311
1903#1,2049#61913
1902#1,02412#65112
1901#1,6795—
1900#1,05313#9688
1899#1,5965#9286
1898#1,5026#1,1215
1897#1,5555#7878
1896——
1895—#1,0795
1894—#54314
1893#1,4375#50914
1892—#52515
1891—#6359
1890——
1889—#49814
1888—#9176
1887—#6798
1886—#6479
1885—#52113
1884—#48815
1883—#59710
1882—#6529
1881—#53311
1880—#52612
First appearance
1893

The first year at least five girls were named Beverly! It came in at #1,437, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1893–1897, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Beverly is popular in 1930

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Beverly, so not publishedAKMaine: #32 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 106 girlsMEVermont: #8 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 45 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #13 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 56 girlsNHWashington: #12 for girls · 169 births · 1 in 56 girlsWAIdaho: #13 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 68 girlsIDMontana: #13 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 65 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #7 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 53 girlsNDMinnesota: #10 for girls · 371 births · 1 in 53 girlsMNIllinois: #34 for girls · 409 births · 1 in 140 girlsILWisconsin: #12 for girls · 436 births · 1 in 55 girlsWIMichigan: #19 for girls · 460 births · 1 in 91 girlsMINew York: #39 for girls · 654 births · 1 in 147 girlsNYMassachusetts: #44 for girls · 215 births · 1 in 147 girlsMARhode Island: #26 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 88 girlsRIOregon: #9 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 57 girlsORNevada: #5 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 25 girlsNVWyoming: #17 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 80 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #5 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 44 girlsSDIowa: #10 for girls · 348 births · 1 in 54 girlsIAIndiana: #23 for girls · 238 births · 1 in 105 girlsINOhio: #52 for girls · 257 births · 1 in 203 girlsOHPennsylvania: #77 for girls · 251 births · 1 in 327 girlsPANew Jersey: #74 for girls · 90 births · 1 in 327 girlsNJConnecticut: #41 for girls · 83 births · 1 in 136 girlsCTCalifornia: #10 for girls · 582 births · 1 in 64 girlsCAUtah: #7 for girls · 112 births · 1 in 43 girlsUTColorado: #22 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 114 girlsCONebraska: #21 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 85 girlsNEMissouri: #42 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 187 girlsMOKentucky: #207 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,138 girlsKYWest Virginia: #220 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,312 girlsWVVirginia: #173 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 890 girlsVAMaryland: #69 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 256 girlsMDDelaware: #82 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 306 girlsDEArizona: #81 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 292 girlsAZNew Mexico: #198 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 760 girlsNMKansas: #24 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 105 girlsKSArkansas: #235 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,264 girlsARTennessee: #172 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 867 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #236 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,612 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #230 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,417 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #75 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 264 girlsDCOklahoma: #71 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 326 girlsOKLouisiana: #57 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 228 girlsLAMississippi: #254 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,472 girlsMSAlabama: #227 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,361 girlsALGeorgia: #209 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 1,264 girlsGAHawaii: #147 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 494 girlsHITexas: #128 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 572 girlsTXFlorida: #133 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 526 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Nevada#5 · 1 in 25
  2. South Dakota#5 · 1 in 44
  3. Utah#7 · 1 in 43
  4. North Dakota#7 · 1 in 53
  5. Vermont#8 · 1 in 45

Best ever in a state: #4 in Nevada, 1929.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#5121 in 25
South Dakota#51271 in 44
North Dakota#71121 in 53
Utah#71121 in 43
Vermont#8561 in 45
Oregon#9921 in 57
California#105821 in 64
Iowa#103481 in 54
Minnesota#103711 in 53
Washington#121691 in 56
Wisconsin#124361 in 55
Idaho#13511 in 68
Montana#13571 in 65
New Hampshire#13561 in 56
Wyoming#17191 in 80
Michigan#194601 in 91
Nebraska#211291 in 85
Colorado#22731 in 114
Indiana#232381 in 105
Kansas#241351 in 105
Rhode Island#26551 in 88
Maine#32611 in 106
Illinois#344091 in 140
New York#396541 in 147
Connecticut#41831 in 136
Missouri#421491 in 187
Massachusetts#442151 in 147
Ohio#522571 in 203
Louisiana#57931 in 228
Maryland#69491 in 256
Oklahoma#71731 in 326
New Jersey#74901 in 327
District of Columbia#75131 in 264
Pennsylvania#772511 in 327
Arizona#81151 in 292
Delaware#8251 in 306
Texas#1281041 in 572
Florida#133231 in 526
Hawaii#14771 in 494
Tennessee#172311 in 867
Virginia#173271 in 890
New Mexico#19861 in 760
Kentucky#207241 in 1,138
Georgia#209241 in 1,264
West Virginia#220141 in 1,312
Alabama#227221 in 1,361
South Carolina#230141 in 1,417
Arkansas#235151 in 1,264
North Carolina#236221 in 1,612
Mississippi#254151 in 1,472
Alaska———

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 Beverly
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#1,044 → #1,016)
  • 248 spots since 2020 (#1,264 → #1,016)
  • 461 spots since 2015 (#1,477 → #1,016)
  • Biggest jump: 284 spots in 1906 (#926 → #642)
  • Biggest drop: 165 spots in 2000 (#948 → #1,113)
Rise & fade · girls
44 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1893
  • Peaked 1937 at #14 (9,634 births)
  • Births halved by 1964, 27 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 39 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1926–1964
  • Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1905–1999
Share of babies · girls
1 in 110
  • Highest: 1 in 110 girls born in 1937 were named Beverly (0.91%)
  • Latest: 1 in 6,534 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 25.8% of all girls named Beverly (97,790) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1890s21#1,437 (1893)#1,523
1900s192#642 (1906)#962
1910s3,275#241 (1918)#390
1920s30,205#39 (1929)#114
1930s80,846#14 (1937)#24
1940s95,122#27 (1940)#32
1950s97,790#31 (1954)#40
1960s45,238#60 (1960)#95
1970s12,695#150 (1970)#228
1980s5,375#334 (1980)#428
1990s3,347#524 (1990)#700
2000s1,723#1,113 (2000)#1,294
2010s1,453#1,292 (2018)#1,543
2020s1,279#1,016 (2025)#1,142

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.

Beverly in 1930

girls
#34
6,455 births · 1 in 174 girls
boys
#599
103 births · 1 in 10,654 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #34Beverly6,455

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #599Beverly103
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 174 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverly
  1. #31Louise6,942
  2. #32Marjorie6,633
  3. #33Irene6,464
  4. #34Beverly6,455
  5. #35Catherine6,299
  6. #36Ruby5,993
  7. #37Donna5,978
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 701Claudette#1,642 → #941
  2. ↑ 583Ardeth#1,212 → #629
  3. ↑ 445Julianne#1,339 → #894
  4. ↑ 376Sonja#1,223 → #847
  5. ↑ 374Armida#1,174 → #800
Fallers
  1. ↓ 348Ingrid#941 → #1,289
  2. ↓ 315Coralie#895 → #1,210
  3. ↓ 229Elenor#981 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 229Mammie#981 → #1,210
  5. ↓ 226Sibyl#902 → #1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 10,654 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 86.8% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverly
  1. #591Harland104
  2. #591Joesph104
  3. #591Talmadge104
  4. #599Beverly103
  5. #599Avery103
  6. #599Donn103
  7. #599Isiah103
  8. #605Alejandro102
  9. #605Benito102
  10. #605Graham102

Tied with 5 names at #599; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,094Derl#3,959 → #865
  2. ↑ 420Clive#1,378 → #958
  3. ↑ 380Farris#1,272 → #892
  4. ↑ 368Earlie#1,296 → #928
  5. ↑ 357Winton#1,272 → #915
Fallers
  1. ↓ 486Americo#729 → #1,215
  2. ↓ 433Enrico#995 → #1,428
  3. ↓ 371Eliseo#844 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 312Meyer#878 → #1,190
  5. ↓ 304Hilbert#869 → #1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930 →