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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201933peak #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.

Where Beatrice is popular in 1933

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedAKMaine: #64 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 204 girlsMEVermont: #52 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 154 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #52 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 157 girlsNHWashington: #147 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 767 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedIDMontana: #128 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 555 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #76 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 273 girlsNDMinnesota: #95 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 436 girlsMNIllinois: #125 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 650 girlsILWisconsin: #76 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 341 girlsWIMichigan: #85 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 378 girlsMINew York: #74 for girls · 253 births · 1 in 327 girlsNYMassachusetts: #76 for girls · 89 births · 1 in 310 girlsMARhode Island: #64 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 232 girlsRIOregon: #134 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 583 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Beatrice, so not publishedSDIowa: #176 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,148 girlsIAIndiana: #158 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 975 girlsINOhio: #102 for girls · 94 births · 1 in 457 girlsOHPennsylvania: #87 for girls · 175 births · 1 in 392 girlsPANew Jersey: #67 for girls · 78 births · 1 in 309 girlsNJConnecticut: #73 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 319 girlsCTCalifornia: #91 for girls · 80 births · 1 in 411 girlsCAUtah: #197 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 880 girlsUTColorado: #116 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 447 girlsCONebraska: #222 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,630 girlsNEMissouri: #133 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 610 girlsMOKentucky: #95 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 394 girlsKYWest Virginia: #132 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 548 girlsWVVirginia: #74 for girls · 75 births · 1 in 302 girlsVAMaryland: #81 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 336 girlsMDDelaware: #76 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 265 girlsDEArizona: #104 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 346 girlsAZNew Mexico: #27 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 140 girlsNMKansas: #246 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,834 girlsKSArkansas: #129 for girls · 36 births · 1 in 509 girlsARTennessee: #115 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 534 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #81 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 325 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #59 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 237 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #128 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 729 girlsDCOklahoma: #119 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 497 girlsOKLouisiana: #89 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 318 girlsLAMississippi: #52 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 221 girlsMSAlabama: #101 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 409 girlsALGeorgia: #76 for girls · 91 births · 1 in 316 girlsGAHawaii: #35 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 111 girlsHITexas: #76 for girls · 149 births · 1 in 366 girlsTXFlorida: #115 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 449 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#27 · 1 in 140
  2. Hawaii#35 · 1 in 111
  3. Vermont#52 · 1 in 154
  4. New Hampshire#52 · 1 in 157
  5. Mississippi#52 · 1 in 221

Best ever in a state: #5 in Hawaii, 1922.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#27321 in 140
Hawaii#35281 in 111
Mississippi#52921 in 221
New Hampshire#52181 in 157
Vermont#52151 in 154
South Carolina#59851 in 237
Maine#64291 in 204
Rhode Island#64181 in 232
New Jersey#67781 in 309
Connecticut#73291 in 319
New York#742531 in 327
Virginia#74751 in 302
Delaware#7651 in 265
Georgia#76911 in 316
Massachusetts#76891 in 310
North Dakota#76201 in 273
Texas#761491 in 366
Wisconsin#76631 in 341
Maryland#81341 in 336
North Carolina#811061 in 325
Michigan#85921 in 378
Pennsylvania#871751 in 392
Louisiana#89601 in 318
California#91801 in 411
Kentucky#95661 in 394
Minnesota#95421 in 436
Alabama#101671 in 409
Ohio#102941 in 457
Arizona#104101 in 346
Florida#115251 in 449
Tennessee#115481 in 534
Colorado#116171 in 447
Oklahoma#119441 in 497
Illinois#125741 in 650
District of Columbia#12851 in 729
Montana#12861 in 555
Arkansas#129361 in 509
West Virginia#132301 in 548
Missouri#133431 in 610
Oregon#13481 in 583
Washington#147111 in 767
Indiana#158221 in 975
Iowa#176151 in 1,148
Utah#19751 in 880
Nebraska#22261 in 1,630
Kansas#24671 in 1,834
Alaska
Idaho
Nevada
South Dakota
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 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 1933

girls
#94
2,410 births · 1 in 418 girls
boys
#2,093
12 births · 1 in 82,627 boys

Top girls' names in 1933

  1. #1Mary55,517
  2. #2Betty31,531
  3. #3Barbara26,949
  4. #4Dorothy22,054
  5. #5Joan19,294
  6. #6Patricia18,632
  7. #7Margaret15,241
  8. #8Helen14,644
  9. #9Shirley14,320
  10. #10Doris12,025
  11. #94Beatrice2,410

Top boys' names in 1933

  1. #1Robert54,221
  2. #2James51,112
  3. #3John46,224
  4. #4William39,049
  5. #5Richard31,331
  6. #6Charles28,991
  7. #7Donald28,450
  8. #8George18,356
  9. #9Joseph17,162
  10. #10Thomas16,508
  11. #2,093Beatrice12
More about 1933

girls

1,007,932 girls got a published name in 1933; 1 in 418 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 98.1% of the 4,858 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #91Laura2,536
  2. #92Billie2,483
  3. #93Willie2,449
  4. #94Beatrice2,410
  5. #95Margie2,409
  6. #96Darlene2,408
  7. #97Julia2,403
Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 1,022Rheta#1,754#732
  2. 930Joellen#1,877#947
  3. 583Veola#1,568#985
  4. 483Sharlene#1,162#679
  5. 475Louetta#1,448#973
Fallers
  1. 395Golda#969#1,364
  2. 322Louis#940#1,262
  3. 298Bebe#899#1,197
  4. 291Clyde#998#1,289
  5. 291Mariam#998#1,289

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

boys

991,524 boys got a published name in 1933; 1 in 82,627 of them was named Beatrice, which outranked 49.6% of the 4,156 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beatrice
  1. #1,997Winthrop13
  2. #1,997Worley13
  3. #1,997Zollie13
  4. #2,093Beatrice12
  5. #2,093Adrain12
  6. #2,093Alger12
  7. #2,093Alston12
  8. #2,214Anne11
  9. #2,214Anson11
  10. #2,214Antony11

Tied with 120 names at #2,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1932
Risers
  1. 553Neville#1,548#995
  2. 401Cordell#1,286#885
  3. 381Hamilton#1,286#905
  4. 375Delano#677#302
  5. 313Jan#937#624
Fallers
  1. 568Hoover#793#1,361
  2. 541Porfirio#915#1,456
  3. 424Rosendo#937#1,361
  4. 381Alfonzo#821#1,202
  5. 368Hillard#862#1,230

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

See the top 100 for 1933