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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201922peak #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 1922

girls
#43
5,476 births · 1 in 219 girls
boys
#1,503
25 births · 1 in 43,526 boys

Top girls' names in 1922

  1. #1Mary72,177
  2. #2Dorothy37,716
  3. #3Helen32,510
  4. #4Margaret26,862
  5. #5Ruth23,633
  6. #6Betty20,895
  7. #7Virginia19,144
  8. #8Mildred16,412
  9. #9Elizabeth15,244
  10. #10Frances15,054
  11. #43Beatrice5,476

Top boys' names in 1922

  1. #1John57,280
  2. #2Robert53,796
  3. #3William51,111
  4. #4James49,802
  5. #5Charles28,839
  6. #6George27,350
  7. #7Joseph25,699
  8. #8Edward20,419
  9. #9Richard17,537
  10. #10Frank16,013
  11. #1,503Beatrice25
More about 1922

girls

1,201,003 girls got a published name in 1922; 1 in 219 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 99.3% of the 5,789 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #40Barbara6,272
  2. #41Bernice5,912
  3. #42Marion5,667
  4. #43Beatrice5,476
  5. #44Esther5,474
  6. #45June5,382
  7. #46Norma5,238
Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 626Lilia#1,543#917
  2. 573Leatrice#1,258#685
  3. 412Phylis#1,409#997
  4. 352Darleen#1,258#906
  5. 295Madlyn#1,136#841
Fallers
  1. 518Erlene#946#1,464
  2. 390Exie#879#1,269
  3. 327Arlyne#905#1,232
  4. 288Toby#964#1,252
  5. 265Rochelle#987#1,252

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

boys

1,088,154 boys got a published name in 1922; 1 in 43,526 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 69.7% of the 4,967 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #1,470Rosendo26
  2. #1,470Sheridan26
  3. #1,470Tomie26
  4. #1,503Beatrice25
  5. #1,503Anastacio25
  6. #1,503Auston25
  7. #1,503Bartholomew25
  8. #1,545Ace24
  9. #1,545Alpheus24
  10. #1,545Ancil24

Tied with 41 names at #1,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1921
Risers
  1. 520Desmond#1,360#840
  2. 504Gorden#1,226#722
  3. 418Jackie#1,140#722
  4. 417Daryl#843#426
  5. 361Brown#1,360#999
Fallers
  1. 600Adolf#991#1,591
  2. 508Nello#962#1,470
  3. 439Newman#843#1,282
  4. 394Marcos#939#1,333
  5. 343Porfirio#939#1,282

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

See the top 100 for 1922