Bee

Where Bee comes from

The dictionaries list Bee as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Beatrice — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1881
    Debut at its peak, #563
    #563 among boys with 10 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
  2. 1884
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #971.
  3. 1981
    Bee Nguyen born
    American politician from Georgia
  4. 1991
    Bee Vang born
    American actor
  5. 2018
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Beatrice.
Namesakes
  • Bee Vang · American actor, born 1991
  • Bee Nguyen · American politician from Georgia, born 1981
  • Bee Ho Gray · American banjoist, actor and circus performer, 1885–1951

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.