Beatrice

#508 for girls in 2025, 583 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #5,615
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1910 · 2,459 births
Debut · girls
87 births
In top 100 · girls
45 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
194,920
since 1880

Beatrice over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #36, 1910girls
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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#508583
2024#579520
2023#587511
2022#554549
2021#564542
2020#552538
2019#558547
2018#570542
2017#559548
2016#557560
2015#569542
2014#599491
2013#587485
2012#695404
2011#702396
2010#837321
2009#851327
2008#837338
2007#896308
2006#961272
2005#1,112213
2004#1,008234
2003#1,065210
2002#1,107190
2001#984218
2000#970218
1999#1,035196
1998#936220
1997#1,050182
1996#913215
1995#949198
1994#872224
1993#775266
1992#739286
1991#696306
1990#720290
1989#670303#5,6158
1988#671287
1987#837209
1986#702258
1985#632294
1984#705235
1983#669257
1982#621289
1981#550338
1980#634287
1979#625280
1978#585293
1977#599284
1976#582282
1975#536322
1974#527317
1973#519327
1972#537310
1971#467428
1970#478423
1969#462438
1968#427493
1967#416504
1966#369602
1965#356641
1964#376650
1963#354718
1962#349737
1961#341768
1960#310910#3,6656
1959#310885
1958#304877
1957#285983
1956#2701,007#2,7989
1955#2591,038#2,7649
1954#2481,083
1953#2431,095
1952#2251,223
1951#2141,283
1950#2101,271#3,6815
1949#2031,340
1948#1911,433
1947#1881,465#2,8628
1946#1801,463
1945#1701,358
1944#1561,579#2,6338
1943#1521,756#1,98614
1942#1461,772#1,86715
1941#1431,664#2,33310
1940#1401,730#2,32210
1939#1361,778#1,63617
1938#1251,910#1,74116
1937#1201,987#2,08812
1936#1211,955#2,06212
1935#1072,243#2,12712
1934#992,410#1,72517
1933#942,410#2,09312
1932#872,787#1,35626
1931#852,844#1,36126
1930#763,390#1,96415
1929#723,574#1,33928
1928#703,922#1,41327
1927#674,241#1,79619
1926#584,518#1,72020
1925#504,992#1,62822
1924#505,271#2,13215
1923#465,464#1,75320
1922#435,476#1,50325
1921#415,968#1,47526
1920#415,804#1,69421
1919#415,856#2,51111
1918#405,907#1,40426
1917#395,839#1,43724
1916#385,586#1,77117
1915#375,342#1,45422
1914#384,232#1,68714
1913#373,567#1,49713
1912#373,205#1,61910
1911#372,522#1,11710
1910#362,459#85913
1909#382,105#84012
1908#401,997#87710
1907#441,858
1906#451,679#8529
1905#451,661#78610
1904#451,549
1903#491,439#1,0096
1902#491,429#8628
1901#531,183
1900#561,382#74312
1899#561,061#9286
1898#601,122
1897#68942
1896#70870#1,1015
1895#73814
1894#76684
1893#85564
1892#90541#1,0665
1891#91485
1890#98417
1889#108352
1888#116316
1887#116262
1886#137192
1885#133188
1884#136167
1883#146126
1882#144123
1881#15687
1880#15487
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Beatrice was already there! It came in at #154, and was given to 87 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 130 girls a year got the name.

See more about Beatrice
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#579#508)
  • 44 spots since 2020 (#552#508)
  • 61 spots since 2015 (#569#508)
  • Biggest jump: 166 spots in 1988 (#837#671)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1997 (#913#1,050)
Rise & fade · girls
30 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1910 at #36 (2,459 births)
  • Births halved by 1952, 42 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 45 yrs · run 1890–1934
  • Top 1,000: 140 yrs · run 1880–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 161
  • Highest: 1 in 161 girls born in 1910 were named Beatrice (0.62%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,757 girls born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Beatrice (49,230) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,900#108 (1889)#135
1890s7,500#56 (1899)#77
1900s16,282#38 (1909)#46
1910s44,515#36 (1910)#38
1920s49,230#41 (1921)#54
1930s23,714#76 (1930)#105
1940s15,560#140 (1940)#167
1950s10,745#210 (1950)#257
1960s6,461#310 (1960)#376
1970s3,266#467 (1971)#546
1980s2,757#550 (1981)#669
1990s2,383#696 (1991)#869
2000s2,528#837 (2008)#979
2010s4,836#557 (2016)#623
2020s3,243#508 (2025)#557

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.

Beatrice in 1900

girls
#56
1,382 births · 1 in 217 girls
boys
#743
12 births · 1 in 12,540 boys

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #56Beatrice1,382

Top boys' names in 1900

  1. #1John9,828
  2. #2William8,579
  3. #3James7,245
  4. #4George5,403
  5. #5Charles4,098
  6. #6Robert3,821
  7. #7Joseph3,714
  8. #8Frank3,477
  9. #9Edward2,720
  10. #10Henry2,606
  11. #743Beatrice12
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 217 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 97.5% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #53Jessie1,422
  2. #54Mae1,406
  3. #55Cora1,389
  4. #56Beatrice1,382
  5. #57Alma1,372
  6. #58Willie1,351
  7. #59Mamie1,337
Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 940Rosia#1,596#656
  2. 763Josiephine#1,596#833
  3. 763Lelar#1,596#833
  4. 736Carmel#1,596#860
  5. 722Gloria#1,278#556
Fallers
  1. 1,204Irva#728#1,932
  2. 1,026Dellie#906#1,932
  3. 1,026Marybelle#906#1,932
  4. 949Sada#983#1,932
  5. 949Sidonia#983#1,932

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

boys

150,474 boys got a published name in 1900; 1 in 12,540 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 50.7% of the 1,506 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #699Winfred13
  2. #699Winston13
  3. #699Worth13
  4. #743Beatrice12
  5. #743Alberto12
  6. #743Ammon12
  7. #743Antone12
  8. #785Addison11
  9. #785Alfredo11
  10. #785Auther11

Tied with 41 names at #743; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. 561Bertha#1,051#490
  2. 526Wilber#928#402
  3. 517Lonie#1,051#534
  4. 517Pasquale#1,051#534
  5. 473Boyce#1,051#578
Fallers
  1. 829Dora#481#1,310
  2. 697Sarah#613#1,310
  3. 697Fannie#613#1,310
  4. 681Lem#481#1,162
  5. 656Merritt#394#1,050

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

See the top 100 for 1900