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
#14
1937 · 9,634 births
Debut · girls
1893
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #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 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #85 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 271 girlsAKMaine: #114 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 444 girlsMEVermont: #135 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 546 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #136 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 603 girlsNHWashington: #129 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 512 girlsWAIdaho: #164 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 615 girlsIDMontana: #102 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 358 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #87 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 288 girlsNDMinnesota: #151 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 710 girlsMNIllinois: #92 for girls · 259 births · 1 in 383 girlsILWisconsin: #147 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 716 girlsWIMichigan: #115 for girls · 152 births · 1 in 527 girlsMINew York: #126 for girls · 268 births · 1 in 609 girlsNYMassachusetts: #122 for girls · 79 births · 1 in 655 girlsMARhode Island: #115 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 554 girlsRIOregon: #123 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 449 girlsORNevada: #62 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 190 girlsNVWyoming: #125 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 418 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #110 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 384 girlsSDIowa: #119 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 478 girlsIAIndiana: #82 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 351 girlsINOhio: #88 for girls · 280 births · 1 in 342 girlsOHPennsylvania: #95 for girls · 266 births · 1 in 383 girlsPANew Jersey: #104 for girls · 131 births · 1 in 439 girlsNJConnecticut: #146 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 736 girlsCTCalifornia: #137 for girls · 293 births · 1 in 594 girlsCAUtah: #259 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,242 girlsUTColorado: #90 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 363 girlsCONebraska: #161 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 728 girlsNEMissouri: #78 for girls · 130 births · 1 in 316 girlsMOKentucky: #49 for girls · 155 births · 1 in 195 girlsKYWest Virginia: #52 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 207 girlsWVVirginia: #74 for girls · 144 births · 1 in 276 girlsVAMaryland: #77 for girls · 103 births · 1 in 290 girlsMDDelaware: #70 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 245 girlsDEArizona: #124 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 456 girlsAZNew Mexico: #103 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 355 girlsNMKansas: #106 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 405 girlsKSArkansas: #43 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 165 girlsARTennessee: #46 for girls · 187 births · 1 in 186 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #29 for girls · 322 births · 1 in 144 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #42 for girls · 135 births · 1 in 183 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #61 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 242 girlsDCOklahoma: #60 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 246 girlsOKLouisiana: #71 for girls · 129 births · 1 in 280 girlsLAMississippi: #33 for girls · 153 births · 1 in 154 girlsMSAlabama: #38 for girls · 198 births · 1 in 162 girlsALGeorgia: #42 for girls · 238 births · 1 in 183 girlsGAHawaii: #79 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 304 girlsHITexas: #66 for girls · 366 births · 1 in 293 girlsTXFlorida: #58 for girls · 198 births · 1 in 245 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#29 · 1 in 144
  2. Mississippi#33 · 1 in 154
  3. Alabama#38 · 1 in 162
  4. South Carolina#42 · 1 in 183
  5. Georgia#42 · 1 in 183

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#293221 in 144
Mississippi#331531 in 154
Alabama#381981 in 162
Georgia#422381 in 183
South Carolina#421351 in 183
Arkansas#431061 in 165
Tennessee#461871 in 186
Kentucky#491551 in 195
West Virginia#52731 in 207
Florida#581981 in 245
Oklahoma#60821 in 246
District of Columbia#61531 in 242
Nevada#62161 in 190
Texas#663661 in 293
Delaware#70181 in 245
Louisiana#711291 in 280
Virginia#741441 in 276
Maryland#771031 in 290
Missouri#781301 in 316
Hawaii#79201 in 304
Indiana#821341 in 351
Alaska#85101 in 271
North Dakota#87201 in 288
Ohio#882801 in 342
Colorado#90521 in 363
Illinois#922591 in 383
Pennsylvania#952661 in 383
Montana#102161 in 358
New Mexico#103311 in 355
New Jersey#1041311 in 439
Kansas#106461 in 405
South Dakota#110171 in 384
Maine#114211 in 444
Michigan#1151521 in 527
Rhode Island#115141 in 554
Iowa#119531 in 478
Massachusetts#122791 in 655
Oregon#123321 in 449
Arizona#124331 in 456
Wyoming#12561 in 418
New York#1262681 in 609
Washington#129501 in 512
Vermont#13561 in 546
New Hampshire#13691 in 603
California#1372931 in 594
Connecticut#146331 in 736
Wisconsin#147571 in 716
Minnesota#151501 in 710
Nebraska#161191 in 728
Idaho#16491 in 615
Utah#25981 in 1,242

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 1963

girls
#81
5,280 births · 1 in 365 girls
boys
#1,426
30 births · 1 in 67,703 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #81Beverly5,280

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #1,426Beverly30
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 365 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 98.9% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverly
  1. #78Sherri5,460
  2. #79Gina5,337
  3. #80Anne5,330
  4. #81Beverly5,280
  5. #82Carla5,264
  6. #83Bonnie5,226
  7. #84Joyce5,222
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 67,703 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 69.1% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverly
  1. #1,403Tye31
  2. #1,403Valentine31
  3. #1,403Webster31
  4. #1,426Beverly30
  5. #1,426Addison30
  6. #1,426Bonnie30
  7. #1,426Clarance30
  8. #1,455Alfonza29
  9. #1,455Ariel29
  10. #1,455Arlan29

Tied with 28 names at #1,426; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →