Beda

Last seen for girls in 1940 at #3,208

Peak · girls
1890 · 11 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
328
since 1884

Beda over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Beda has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #825, 1890girls
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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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1940#3,2088
1939#4,2505
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1935#3,7426
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1933#4,2185
1932#3,0479
1931
1930#4,5505
1929#4,0536
1928#4,1956
1927#3,2849
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1925#3,3629
1924#5,0615
1923#4,9675
1922#4,4456
1921#3,4009
1920#3,09710
1919#4,2516
1918#2,37614
1917#2,42813
1916#3,9196
1915#3,4347
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1913
1912#2,9795
1911
1910#1,9357
1909#2,2085
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1907#1,8216
1906#1,4168
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1904#1,2519
1903#1,7925
1902#1,5946
1901#1,6795
1900#1,4318
1899
1898#1,7005
1897#89513
1896#1,04710
1895#1,1239
1894#1,2377
1893#95510
1892#95810
1891#9439
1890#82511
1889#1,2795
1888#1,2765
1887#9377
1886#8977
1885
1884#8517
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First appearance
1884

The first year at least five girls were named Beda! It came in at #851, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Beda
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1940
  • Biggest jump: 454 spots in 1890 (#1,279#825)
  • Biggest drop: 805 spots in 1898 (#895#1,700)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1890 at #825 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1898, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 8 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 8 yrs · run 1890–1893
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,307
  • Highest: 1 in 17,307 girls born in 1890 were named Beda (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 142,941 girls born in 1940 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1890s
  • 25.6% of all girls named Beda (84) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s31#851 (1884)#1,048
1890s84#825 (1890)#1,076
1900s52#1,251 (1904)#1,649
1910s58#1,935 (1910)#3,046
1920s65#3,097 (1920)#3,985
1930s30#3,047 (1932)#3,961
1940s8#3,208 (1940)#3,208

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.

Beda in 1884

girls
#851
7 births · 1 in 18,431 girls

Top girls' names in 1884

  1. #1Mary9,217
  2. #2Anna3,860
  3. #3Emma2,587
  4. #4Elizabeth2,549
  5. #5Minnie2,243
  6. #6Margaret2,142
  7. #7Ida1,882
  8. #8Clara1,852
  9. #9Bertha1,789
  10. #10Annie1,739
  11. #851Beda7
More about 1884

girls

129,019 girls got a published name in 1884; 1 in 18,431 of them was named Beda, which outranked 27.4% of the 1,172 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beda
  1. #793Verne8
  2. #793Violetta8
  3. #793Zona8
  4. #851Beda7
  5. #851Adelina7
  6. #851Alida7
  7. #851Alzina7
  8. #930Abby6
  9. #930Amber6
  10. #930Annabell6

Tied with 78 names at #851; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 686Belva#920#234
  2. 364Anner#920#556
  3. 354Nella#817#463
  4. 337Guadalupe#920#583
  5. 337Nelia#920#583
Fallers
  1. 488Roxy#536#1,024
  2. 463Fredericka#561#1,024
  3. 445Albert#579#1,024
  4. 409Roseanna#615#1,024
  5. 373Delpha#651#1,024

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

See the top 100 for 1884