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
- Peak · girls
- 1937 · 9,634 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 39 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 378,561since 1893
Beverly over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,016 | 246 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,044 | 240 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,174 | 204 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,107 | 224 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,249 | 188 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,264 | 177 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,349 | 168 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,292 | 176 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,416 | 161 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,394 | 167 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,477 | 155 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,534 | 142 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,546 | 141 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,685 | 125 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,728 | 119 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,010 | 99 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,620 | 138 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,415 | 168 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,480 | 157 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,291 | 183 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,392 | 154 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,170 | 192 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,212 | 175 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,129 | 184 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,117 | 189 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,113 | 183 | — | |
| 1999 | #948 | 219 | — | |
| 1998 | #936 | 220 | — | |
| 1997 | #834 | 248 | — | |
| 1996 | #782 | 266 | — | |
| 1995 | #717 | 288 | — | |
| 1994 | #608 | 368 | — | |
| 1993 | #581 | 405 | — | |
| 1992 | #532 | 444 | — | |
| 1991 | #540 | 433 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #524 | 456 | — | |
| 1989 | #532 | 434 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #487 | 463 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #476 | 455 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #481 | 446 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #451 | 482 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #406 | 522 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #388 | 568 | — | |
| 1982 | #377 | 609 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #347 | 675 | — | |
| 1980 | #334 | 721 | — | |
| 1979 | #328 | 713 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #280 | 824 | — | |
| 1977 | #276 | 862 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #255 | 931 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #245 | 1,009 | #3,659 | 9 |
| 1974 | #209 | 1,205 | #3,120 | 11 |
| 1973 | #192 | 1,347 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #185 | 1,568 | #2,418 | 15 |
| 1971 | #160 | 1,988 | #2,366 | 16 |
| 1970 | #150 | 2,248 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #141 | 2,404 | #2,046 | 17 |
| 1968 | #122 | 2,590 | #1,894 | 18 |
| 1967 | #112 | 3,003 | #1,974 | 16 |
| 1966 | #109 | 3,219 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #101 | 3,770 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #91 | 4,606 | #1,462 | 29 |
| 1963 | #81 | 5,280 | #1,426 | 30 |
| 1962 | #69 | 6,266 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #66 | 6,708 | #1,368 | 34 |
| 1960 | #60 | 7,392 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #55 | 7,796 | #1,101 | 49 |
| 1958 | #55 | 7,679 | #1,345 | 33 |
| 1957 | #48 | 8,560 | #1,117 | 47 |
| 1956 | #40 | 9,449 | #1,193 | 41 |
| 1955 | #34 | 10,001 | #1,011 | 55 |
| 1954 | #31 | 11,155 | #892 | 68 |
| 1953 | #34 | 11,240 | #1,058 | 47 |
| 1952 | #35 | 10,547 | #766 | 84 |
| 1951 | #33 | 10,860 | #972 | 52 |
| 1950 | #31 | 10,503 | #878 | 61 |
| 1949 | #31 | 10,552 | #856 | 64 |
| 1948 | #31 | 10,795 | #945 | 54 |
| 1947 | #31 | 11,205 | #805 | 73 |
| 1946 | #30 | 10,430 | #812 | 65 |
| 1945 | #37 | 7,618 | #884 | 51 |
| 1944 | #35 | 8,292 | #754 | 68 |
| 1943 | #32 | 9,435 | #681 | 88 |
| 1942 | #32 | 9,411 | #687 | 87 |
| 1941 | #29 | 8,727 | #597 | 99 |
| 1940 | #27 | 8,657 | #607 | 95 |
| 1939 | #25 | 8,706 | #652 | 83 |
| 1938 | #18 | 9,770 | #609 | 95 |
| 1937 | #14 | 9,634 | #584 | 97 |
| 1936 | #17 | 8,901 | #608 | 92 |
| 1935 | #20 | 7,992 | #585 | 97 |
| 1934 | #22 | 7,886 | #585 | 102 |
| 1933 | #26 | 7,186 | #610 | 91 |
| 1932 | #28 | 7,527 | #542 | 117 |
| 1931 | #31 | 6,789 | #621 | 92 |
| 1930 | #34 | 6,455 | #599 | 103 |
| 1929 | #39 | 5,862 | #553 | 114 |
| 1928 | #46 | 5,437 | #578 | 114 |
| 1927 | #57 | 4,932 | #569 | 117 |
| 1926 | #74 | 3,775 | #559 | 121 |
| 1925 | #105 | 2,668 | #682 | 88 |
| 1924 | #121 | 2,283 | #616 | 107 |
| 1923 | #144 | 1,737 | #610 | 108 |
| 1922 | #163 | 1,411 | #657 | 95 |
| 1921 | #186 | 1,160 | #630 | 102 |
| 1920 | #207 | 940 | #653 | 94 |
| 1919 | #243 | 684 | #628 | 93 |
| 1918 | #241 | 706 | #684 | 83 |
| 1917 | #247 | 630 | #713 | 73 |
| 1916 | #272 | 495 | #680 | 76 |
| 1915 | #338 | 311 | #522 | 113 |
| 1914 | #459 | 142 | #653 | 60 |
| 1913 | #502 | 103 | #658 | 46 |
| 1912 | #515 | 88 | #622 | 44 |
| 1911 | #542 | 60 | #644 | 23 |
| 1910 | #543 | 56 | #755 | 16 |
| 1909 | #669 | 35 | #756 | 14 |
| 1908 | #678 | 32 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #739 | 26 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 | #927 | 8 |
| 1905 | #926 | 16 | #592 | 16 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 | #723 | 11 |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #1,024 | 12 | #651 | 12 |
| 1901 | #1,679 | 5 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,053 | 13 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | #787 | 8 |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | #543 | 14 | |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 | #509 | 14 |
| 1892 | — | #525 | 15 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #917 | 6 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #647 | 9 | |
| 1885 | — | #521 | 13 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #597 | 10 | |
| 1882 | — | #652 | 9 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #526 | 12 | |
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 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#78 · 1 in 349
- North Carolina#78 · 1 in 356
- Alabama#79 · 1 in 326
- Arkansas#85 · 1 in 354
- Mississippi#88 · 1 in 347
Best ever in a state: #4 in Nevada, 1929.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #78 | 68 | 1 in 349 |
| North Carolina | #78 | 103 | 1 in 356 |
| Alabama | #79 | 74 | 1 in 326 |
| Arkansas | #85 | 37 | 1 in 354 |
| Mississippi | #88 | 50 | 1 in 347 |
| Tennessee | #89 | 71 | 1 in 399 |
| West Virginia | #90 | 31 | 1 in 393 |
| South Carolina | #95 | 50 | 1 in 384 |
| District of Columbia | #96 | 20 | 1 in 370 |
| Georgia | #108 | 79 | 1 in 455 |
| Alaska | #110 | 6 | 1 in 349 |
| New Mexico | #117 | 17 | 1 in 449 |
| Florida | #136 | 71 | 1 in 627 |
| Nebraska | #138 | 16 | 1 in 585 |
| Virginia | #142 | 43 | 1 in 688 |
| Oklahoma | #144 | 25 | 1 in 652 |
| Rhode Island | #151 | 7 | 1 in 741 |
| Delaware | #161 | 5 | 1 in 614 |
| Indiana | #174 | 42 | 1 in 882 |
| Arizona | #177 | 20 | 1 in 724 |
| North Dakota | #183 | 5 | 1 in 791 |
| Maryland | #184 | 24 | 1 in 858 |
| Colorado | #191 | 18 | 1 in 874 |
| Missouri | #192 | 34 | 1 in 920 |
| Louisiana | #194 | 31 | 1 in 856 |
| Montana | #194 | 5 | 1 in 776 |
| Maine | #216 | 6 | 1 in 1,090 |
| Texas | #216 | 97 | 1 in 993 |
| Hawaii | #218 | 6 | 1 in 742 |
| Kansas | #223 | 12 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Michigan | #225 | 50 | 1 in 1,238 |
| Ohio | #226 | 61 | 1 in 1,220 |
| Connecticut | #234 | 12 | 1 in 1,318 |
| Illinois | #240 | 59 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Pennsylvania | #241 | 52 | 1 in 1,387 |
| New Jersey | #250 | 29 | 1 in 1,405 |
| Washington | #260 | 14 | 1 in 1,371 |
| Minnesota | #271 | 13 | 1 in 1,851 |
| Oregon | #275 | 9 | 1 in 1,404 |
| Wisconsin | #291 | 13 | 1 in 2,116 |
| New York | #292 | 67 | 1 in 1,654 |
| Iowa | #308 | 8 | 1 in 2,179 |
| California | #335 | 76 | 1 in 1,804 |
| Massachusetts | #376 | 11 | 1 in 3,111 |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1893
- Peaked 1937 at #14 (9,634 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 39 yrs · run 1926–1964
- Top 1,000: 95 yrs · run 1905–1999
- Highest: 1 in 110 girls born in 1937 were named Beverly (0.91%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,534 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
- 25.8% of all girls named Beverly (97,790) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 21 | #1,437 (1893) | #1,523 |
| 1900s | 192 | #642 (1906) | #962 |
| 1910s | 3,275 | #241 (1918) | #390 |
| 1920s | 30,205 | #39 (1929) | #114 |
| 1930s | 80,846 | #14 (1937) | #24 |
| 1940s | 95,122 | #27 (1940) | #32 |
| 1950s | 97,790 | #31 (1954) | #40 |
| 1960s | 45,238 | #60 (1960) | #95 |
| 1970s | 12,695 | #150 (1970) | #228 |
| 1980s | 5,375 | #334 (1980) | #428 |
| 1990s | 3,347 | #524 (1990) | #700 |
| 2000s | 1,723 | #1,113 (2000) | #1,294 |
| 2010s | 1,453 | #1,292 (2018) | #1,543 |
| 2020s | 1,279 | #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 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 970 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 98.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 108,107 of them was named Beverly, which outranked 58.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,323Victoria16
- #2,323West16
- #2,323Willaim16
- #2,418Beverly15
- #2,418Aarron15
- #2,418Adelbert15
- #2,418Akili15
- #2,534Adarryll14
- #2,534Agapito14
- #2,534Alando14
Tied with 115 names at #2,418; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.