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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #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 1957

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #82 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 276 girlsAKMaine: #80 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 317 girlsMEVermont: #109 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 446 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #124 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 500 girlsNHWashington: #74 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 306 girlsWAIdaho: #85 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 318 girlsIDMontana: #85 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 328 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #45 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 176 girlsNDMinnesota: #62 for girls · 151 births · 1 in 255 girlsMNIllinois: #60 for girls · 393 births · 1 in 276 girlsILWisconsin: #89 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 414 girlsWIMichigan: #67 for girls · 364 births · 1 in 261 girlsMINew York: #110 for girls · 348 births · 1 in 487 girlsNYMassachusetts: #78 for girls · 160 births · 1 in 336 girlsMARhode Island: #83 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 371 girlsRIOregon: #72 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 301 girlsORNevada: #46 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 144 girlsNVWyoming: #67 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 239 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #58 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 236 girlsSDIowa: #69 for girls · 95 births · 1 in 301 girlsIAIndiana: #57 for girls · 232 births · 1 in 224 girlsINOhio: #44 for girls · 545 births · 1 in 204 girlsOHPennsylvania: #45 for girls · 541 births · 1 in 218 girlsPANew Jersey: #63 for girls · 221 births · 1 in 261 girlsNJConnecticut: #65 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 265 girlsCTCalifornia: #83 for girls · 455 births · 1 in 360 girlsCAUtah: #122 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 501 girlsUTColorado: #83 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 333 girlsCONebraska: #61 for girls · 56 births · 1 in 253 girlsNEMissouri: #45 for girls · 257 births · 1 in 176 girlsMOKentucky: #35 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 139 girlsKYWest Virginia: #33 for girls · 146 births · 1 in 135 girlsWVVirginia: #49 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 196 girlsVAMaryland: #44 for girls · 147 births · 1 in 207 girlsMDDelaware: #33 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 155 girlsDEArizona: #68 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 279 girlsAZNew Mexico: #45 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 182 girlsNMKansas: #55 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 227 girlsKSArkansas: #30 for girls · 142 births · 1 in 131 girlsARTennessee: #30 for girls · 333 births · 1 in 113 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #35 for girls · 364 births · 1 in 139 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #40 for girls · 163 births · 1 in 174 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #54 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 235 girlsDCOklahoma: #45 for girls · 116 births · 1 in 188 girlsOKLouisiana: #30 for girls · 255 births · 1 in 156 girlsLAMississippi: #27 for girls · 191 births · 1 in 136 girlsMSAlabama: #35 for girls · 254 births · 1 in 144 girlsALGeorgia: #29 for girls · 354 births · 1 in 130 girlsGAHawaii: #93 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 320 girlsHITexas: #43 for girls · 587 births · 1 in 197 girlsTXFlorida: #32 for girls · 277 births · 1 in 166 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#27 · 1 in 136
  2. Georgia#29 · 1 in 130
  3. Tennessee#30 · 1 in 113
  4. Arkansas#30 · 1 in 131
  5. Louisiana#30 · 1 in 156

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#271911 in 136
Georgia#293541 in 130
Arkansas#301421 in 131
Louisiana#302551 in 156
Tennessee#303331 in 113
Florida#322771 in 166
Delaware#33311 in 155
West Virginia#331461 in 135
Alabama#352541 in 144
Kentucky#352421 in 139
North Carolina#353641 in 139
South Carolina#401631 in 174
Texas#435871 in 197
Maryland#441471 in 207
Ohio#445451 in 204
Missouri#452571 in 176
New Mexico#45631 in 182
North Dakota#45381 in 176
Oklahoma#451161 in 188
Pennsylvania#455411 in 218
Nevada#46151 in 144
Virginia#492111 in 196
District of Columbia#54581 in 235
Kansas#55961 in 227
Indiana#572321 in 224
South Dakota#58301 in 236
Illinois#603931 in 276
Nebraska#61561 in 253
Minnesota#621511 in 255
New Jersey#632211 in 261
Connecticut#65941 in 265
Michigan#673641 in 261
Wyoming#67121 in 239
Arizona#68491 in 279
Iowa#69951 in 301
Oregon#72531 in 301
Washington#74941 in 306
Massachusetts#781601 in 336
Maine#80311 in 317
Alaska#82101 in 276
California#834551 in 360
Colorado#83561 in 333
Rhode Island#83231 in 371
Idaho#85201 in 318
Montana#85221 in 328
Wisconsin#891061 in 414
Hawaii#93191 in 320
Vermont#10981 in 446
New York#1103481 in 487
Utah#122211 in 501
New Hampshire#124111 in 500

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 1957

girls
#48
8,560 births · 1 in 239 girls
boys
#1,117
47 births · 1 in 45,899 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #48Beverly8,560

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #1,117Beverly47
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 239 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 99.3% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverly
  1. #45Lori8,964
  2. #46Shirley8,855
  3. #47Connie8,765
  4. #48Beverly8,560
  5. #49Paula8,544
  6. #50Betty8,479
  7. #51Vicki8,105
Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,944Tammi#3,696 → #752
  2. ↑ 1,310Tamela#2,151 → #841
  3. ↑ 1,298Tammie#1,662 → #364
  4. ↑ 993Tia#1,968 → #975
  5. ↑ 676Tamera#1,287 → #611
Fallers
  1. ↓ 423Corliss#878 → #1,301
  2. ↓ 399Glynis#977 → #1,376
  3. ↓ 367Merrie#977 → #1,344
  4. ↓ 303Taryn#935 → #1,238
  5. ↓ 291Glendora#963 → #1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 45,899 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 75.5% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverly
  1. #1,100Rowland48
  2. #1,100Trinidad48
  3. #1,100Valentin48
  4. #1,117Beverly47
  5. #1,117Alfonza47
  6. #1,117Arnie47
  7. #1,117Authur47
  8. #1,130Ambrose46
  9. #1,130Arlin46
  10. #1,130Bartholomew46

Tied with 12 names at #1,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. ↑ 714Dion#1,642 → #928
  2. ↑ 404Wes#1,317 → #913
  3. ↑ 371Antoine#1,232 → #861
  4. ↑ 340Domenick#1,335 → #995
  5. ↑ 329Mitch#868 → #539
Fallers
  1. ↓ 458Lannie#999 → #1,457
  2. ↓ 402Desi#986 → #1,388
  3. ↓ 354Gavin#924 → #1,278
  4. ↓ 317Murphy#917 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 288Eliot#897 → #1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957 →