Beulah

#5,917 for girls in 2025, 20 births · Last seen for boys in 1938 at #3,534
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1904 · 983 births
Debut · girls
131 births
In top 100 · girls
32 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
73,252
since 1880

Beulah over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201918peak #72, 1904girls
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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#5,91720
2024#5,02126
2023#5,75221
2022#10,3839
2021#6,69117
2020#8,95311
2019#4,65329
2018#6,79217
2017#6,80817
2016#7,23016
2015#8,00814
2014#9,51711
2013#8,13514
2012#9,10912
2011
2010#16,9925
2009#15,2426
2008#13,8327
2007#13,9247
2006#11,4179
2005#10,9219
2004#8,71612
2003#15,7845
2002#9,48210
2001#12,0567
2000#11,8017
1999#12,6886
1998#14,1225
1997#9,0179
1996#10,5677
1995#8,7669
1994#8,12210
1993#13,4425
1992#10,4797
1991#6,97612
1990#6,13114
1989#5,28616
1988#5,06516
1987#6,33511
1986#5,75712
1985#4,45517
1984#3,99019
1983#4,28617
1982#3,89820
1981#3,85920
1980#3,71921
1979#3,90319
1978#2,94227
1977#3,61220
1976#2,86526
1975#3,05223
1974#2,34833
1973#2,62927
1972#2,68026
1971#2,24735
1970#1,78150
1969#2,05837
1968#2,29628
1967#1,36065
1966#1,64646
1965#1,39462
1964#1,24678
1963#1,13992
1962#1,16788
1961#1,12695
1960#1,22080
1959#978117
1958#892131
1957#851142
1956#845138
1955#775153
1954#656195
1953#665182
1952#620201
1951#552233
1950#478288
1949#448317
1948#439327
1947#424371
1946#408353
1945#347392
1944#315462
1943#310503
1942#306508
1941#270554
1940#253621
1939#259574
1938#237689#3,5345
1937#225719#3,5185
1936#221743#3,5495
1935#202845#3,2526
1934#191931
1933#189896#3,6425
1932#183999#3,0927
1931#1731,063#2,32811
1930#1681,210#3,5926
1929#1611,279
1928#1541,421#3,3577
1927#1451,657#3,4517
1926#1481,650
1925#1431,777#3,1558
1924#1382,006#4,3475
1923#1292,050#2,9509
1922#1242,097#3,2528
1921#1162,313#2,9869
1920#1092,376#3,8156
1919#1082,212#4,1685
1918#1042,363#2,8829
1917#1022,232#2,28012
1916#972,401#3,1777
1915#952,268#1,96814
1914#961,775
1913#851,641#2,4966
1912#801,607#1,8858
1911#791,244#1,2908
1910#821,131#1,4216
1909#801,052
1908#821,015#1,3735
1907#731,092
1906#75980
1905#77968
1904#72983
1903#72920
1902#77873#1,1375
1901#74859
1900#78974#1,0507
1899#76770
1898#82783#1,0026
1897#81688
1896#77750
1895#74760
1894#79675
1893#80622
1892#77638#9566
1891#81526
1890#79573
1889#81498
1888#95426
1887#90355
1886#98345
1885#96309
1884#113233
1883#107217
1882#112190
1881#112162
1880#122131
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Beulah was already there! It came in at #122, and was given to 131 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2010–2011, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Beulah
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 896 spots since 2024 (#5,021#5,917)
  • 3,036 spots since 2020 (#8,953#5,917)
  • 2,091 spots since 2015 (#8,008#5,917)
  • Biggest jump: 17 spots in 1885 (#113#96)
  • Biggest drop: 242 spots in 1960 (#978#1,220)
Rise & fade · girls
24 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1904 at #72 (983 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 40 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 32 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1885–1916
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 279
  • Highest: 1 in 279 girls born in 1901 were named Beulah (0.36%)
  • Latest: 1 in 80,363 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #72 in 1904, was only 1 in 280 (0.36%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 25.8% of all girls named Beulah (18,874) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,866#81 (1889)#103
1890s6,785#74 (1895)#79
1900s9,716#72 (1904)#76
1910s18,874#79 (1911)#93
1920s18,626#109 (1920)#137
1930s8,669#168 (1930)#205
1940s4,408#253 (1940)#352
1950s1,780#478 (1950)#731
1960s671#1,126 (1961)#1,465
1970s286#1,781 (1970)#2,806
1980s169#3,719 (1980)#4,665
1990s84#6,131 (1990)#10,031
2000s79#8,716 (2004)#12,318
2010s135#4,653 (2019)#8,583
2020s104#5,021 (2024)#7,120

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.

Beulah in 1918

girls
#104
2,363 births · 1 in 490 girls
boys
#2,882
9 births · 1 in 112,609 boys

Top girls' names in 1918

  1. #1Mary67,365
  2. #2Helen36,148
  3. #3Dorothy32,030
  4. #4Margaret27,139
  5. #5Ruth25,535
  6. #6Mildred17,258
  7. #7Virginia16,421
  8. #8Frances16,132
  9. #9Elizabeth15,853
  10. #10Anna15,666
  11. #104Beulah2,363

Top boys' names in 1918

  1. #1John56,558
  2. #2William45,291
  3. #3James42,115
  4. #4Robert40,619
  5. #5Charles26,921
  6. #6George26,318
  7. #7Joseph26,261
  8. #8Edward19,489
  9. #9Frank17,018
  10. #10Thomas13,910
  11. #2,882Beulah9
More about 1918

girls

1,157,631 girls got a published name in 1918; 1 in 490 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 98.1% of the 5,585 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beulah
  1. #101Theresa2,511
  2. #102Nancy2,510
  3. #103Velma2,439
  4. #104Beulah2,363
  5. #105Emily2,361
  6. #106Harriet2,345
  7. #107Georgia2,344
Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 547Jesse#1,507#960
  2. 494Liberty#1,079#585
  3. 389Marilynn#1,337#948
  4. 312Margueritte#1,281#969
  5. 306Syble#807#501
Fallers
  1. 447Valentine#964#1,411
  2. 428Ottie#952#1,380
  3. 354Delora#923#1,277
  4. 318Georgene#896#1,214
  5. 299Clifford#904#1,203

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

boys

1,013,480 boys got a published name in 1918; 1 in 112,609 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 40.1% of the 4,813 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beulah
  1. #2,699Yoshiharu10
  2. #2,699Ysabel10
  3. #2,699Zigmond10
  4. #2,882Beulah9
  5. #2,882Abie9
  6. #2,882Adalberto9
  7. #2,882Adin9
  8. #3,096Abb8
  9. #3,096Adren8
  10. #3,096Agustus8

Tied with 213 names at #2,882; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1917
Risers
  1. 600Quinton#1,092#492
  2. 542Pershing#876#334
  3. 480Quentin#723#243
  4. 440Issac#1,264#824
  5. 339Furman#1,092#753
Fallers
  1. 473Bernhard#900#1,373
  2. 424Edson#919#1,343
  3. 394Gasper#919#1,313
  4. 352Berton#934#1,286
  5. 346Ishmael#997#1,343

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

See the top 100 for 1918