Beryl
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 81.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 311 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,130since 1880
Beryl over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 | — | |
| 2017 | #7,840 | 14 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #8,053 | 14 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | — | |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | — | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,465 | 13 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,737 | 15 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #6,892 | 8 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | — | |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,459 | 13 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,871 | 11 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #2,272 | 28 | #2,352 | 12 |
| 1966 | #2,191 | 29 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #1,993 | 34 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #1,419 | 63 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #1,478 | 57 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #1,540 | 53 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #1,465 | 58 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,385 | 63 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #1,174 | 82 | #2,111 | 15 |
| 1958 | #1,221 | 76 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #910 | 125 | #2,274 | 13 |
| 1956 | #988 | 106 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #932 | 111 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #926 | 108 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #915 | 106 | #1,592 | 23 |
| 1952 | #842 | 119 | #1,856 | 17 |
| 1951 | #712 | 150 | #1,598 | 22 |
| 1950 | #710 | 145 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #702 | 145 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1948 | #639 | 169 | #1,217 | 35 |
| 1947 | #674 | 155 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | #802 | 106 | #1,327 | 28 |
| 1945 | #749 | 100 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1944 | #710 | 112 | #935 | 47 |
| 1943 | #714 | 116 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #689 | 116 | #1,268 | 30 |
| 1941 | #689 | 104 | #951 | 45 |
| 1940 | #613 | 130 | #1,183 | 32 |
| 1939 | #610 | 122 | #1,120 | 33 |
| 1938 | #614 | 122 | #1,125 | 33 |
| 1937 | #594 | 128 | #982 | 41 |
| 1936 | #554 | 138 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #603 | 117 | #980 | 42 |
| 1934 | #536 | 146 | #822 | 58 |
| 1933 | #502 | 161 | #745 | 67 |
| 1932 | #464 | 198 | #802 | 63 |
| 1931 | #429 | 229 | #756 | 67 |
| 1930 | #477 | 197 | #909 | 54 |
| 1929 | #502 | 180 | #878 | 57 |
| 1928 | #474 | 207 | #950 | 51 |
| 1927 | #466 | 223 | #799 | 69 |
| 1926 | #446 | 228 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #496 | 200 | #900 | 56 |
| 1924 | #469 | 219 | #759 | 77 |
| 1923 | #466 | 217 | #803 | 69 |
| 1922 | #445 | 233 | #882 | 61 |
| 1921 | #447 | 238 | #868 | 64 |
| 1920 | #374 | 311 | #812 | 68 |
| 1919 | #427 | 234 | #716 | 78 |
| 1918 | #399 | 268 | #782 | 69 |
| 1917 | #434 | 217 | #822 | 60 |
| 1916 | #431 | 213 | #810 | 58 |
| 1915 | #410 | 211 | #671 | 75 |
| 1914 | #393 | 180 | #836 | 41 |
| 1913 | #399 | 149 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #376 | 149 | #584 | 48 |
| 1911 | #417 | 94 | #896 | 14 |
| 1910 | #412 | 91 | #1,193 | 8 |
| 1909 | #442 | 70 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #385 | 88 | #946 | 9 |
| 1907 | #412 | 74 | #1,094 | 7 |
| 1906 | #408 | 70 | #709 | 12 |
| 1905 | #383 | 78 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #385 | 73 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #419 | 57 | — | |
| 1902 | #401 | 59 | #862 | 8 |
| 1901 | #383 | 59 | — | |
| 1900 | #431 | 59 | — | |
| 1899 | #467 | 39 | — | |
| 1898 | #448 | 46 | #1,121 | 5 |
| 1897 | #470 | 37 | — | |
| 1896 | #428 | 45 | — | |
| 1895 | #455 | 40 | — | |
| 1894 | #535 | 29 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #464 | 33 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | #442 | 37 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #413 | 36 | — | |
| 1890 | #462 | 32 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #398 | 37 | — | |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 | — | |
| 1887 | #424 | 27 | — | |
| 1886 | #556 | 16 | — | |
| 1885 | #629 | 12 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #692 | 8 | — | |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #623 | 8 | — | |
| 1880 | #518 | 11 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Beryl was already there! It came in at #518, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Beryl
- 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,917)
- 667 spots since 2020 (#10,250 → #10,917)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 174 spots in 1889 (#572 → #398)
- Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1958 (#910 → #1,221)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1920 at #374 (311 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 78 yrs · run 1880–1957
- Highest: 1 in 3,739 girls born in 1905 were named Beryl (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #374 in 1920, was only 1 in 3,853 (0.03%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.3% of all girls named Beryl (2,256) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1979, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 163 | #398 (1889) | #553 |
| 1890s | 374 | #413 (1891) | #458 |
| 1900s | 687 | #383 (1905) | #405 |
| 1910s | 1,806 | #376 (1912) | #410 |
| 1920s | 2,256 | #374 (1920) | #459 |
| 1930s | 1,558 | #429 (1931) | #538 |
| 1940s | 1,253 | #613 (1940) | #698 |
| 1950s | 1,128 | #710 (1950) | #933 |
| 1960s | 416 | #1,385 (1960) | #2,069 |
| 1970s | 109 | #3,543 (1972) | #5,489 |
| 1980s | 105 | #4,474 (1987) | #6,237 |
| 1990s | 91 | #6,465 (1990) | #8,492 |
| 2000s | 46 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,675 |
| 2010s | 95 | #7,840 (2017) | #9,924 |
| 2020s | 43 | #10,250 (2020) | #10,597 |
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.
Beryl in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 37,106 of them was named Beryl, which outranked 79.7% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,525Tamar54
- #1,525Trish54
- #1,525Vernessa54
- #1,540Beryl53
- #1,540Alexandria53
- #1,540Arlette53
- #1,540Arnita53
- #1,558Cindie52
- #1,558Dann52
- #1,558Denese52
Tied with 17 names at #1,540; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 129,298 of them was named Beryl, which outranked 56.1% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,962Waylon17
- #1,962Webb17
- #1,962Zackery17
- #2,035Beryl16
- #2,035Acie16
- #2,035Adelbert16
- #2,035Adrien16
- #2,117Aris15
- #2,117Arno15
- #2,117Arsenio15
Tied with 81 names at #2,035; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.