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
- Peak · girls
- 1904 · 983 births
- Debut · girls
- 131 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 32 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 73,252since 1880
Beulah over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | #5,917 | 20 | — | |
| 2024 | #5,021 | 26 | — | |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | — | |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,691 | 17 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,653 | 29 | — | |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | — | |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,230 | 16 | — | |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | — | |
| 2014 | #9,517 | 11 | — | |
| 2013 | #8,135 | 14 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | — | |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #10,921 | 9 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 | — | |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 | — | |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | — | |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,286 | 16 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,065 | 16 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | — | |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,898 | 20 | — | |
| 1981 | #3,859 | 20 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,719 | 21 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,942 | 27 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,612 | 20 | — | |
| 1976 | #2,865 | 26 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,348 | 33 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,629 | 27 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,680 | 26 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,247 | 35 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,781 | 50 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,296 | 28 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,646 | 46 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,394 | 62 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,246 | 78 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,139 | 92 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,167 | 88 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,126 | 95 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,220 | 80 | — | |
| 1959 | #978 | 117 | — | |
| 1958 | #892 | 131 | — | |
| 1957 | #851 | 142 | — | |
| 1956 | #845 | 138 | — | |
| 1955 | #775 | 153 | — | |
| 1954 | #656 | 195 | — | |
| 1953 | #665 | 182 | — | |
| 1952 | #620 | 201 | — | |
| 1951 | #552 | 233 | — | |
| 1950 | #478 | 288 | — | |
| 1949 | #448 | 317 | — | |
| 1948 | #439 | 327 | — | |
| 1947 | #424 | 371 | — | |
| 1946 | #408 | 353 | — | |
| 1945 | #347 | 392 | — | |
| 1944 | #315 | 462 | — | |
| 1943 | #310 | 503 | — | |
| 1942 | #306 | 508 | — | |
| 1941 | #270 | 554 | — | |
| 1940 | #253 | 621 | — | |
| 1939 | #259 | 574 | — | |
| 1938 | #237 | 689 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | #225 | 719 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #221 | 743 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #202 | 845 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | #191 | 931 | — | |
| 1933 | #189 | 896 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #183 | 999 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #173 | 1,063 | #2,328 | 11 |
| 1930 | #168 | 1,210 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #161 | 1,279 | — | |
| 1928 | #154 | 1,421 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #145 | 1,657 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #148 | 1,650 | — | |
| 1925 | #143 | 1,777 | #3,155 | 8 |
| 1924 | #138 | 2,006 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #129 | 2,050 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #124 | 2,097 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #116 | 2,313 | #2,986 | 9 |
| 1920 | #109 | 2,376 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #108 | 2,212 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #104 | 2,363 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #102 | 2,232 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #97 | 2,401 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #95 | 2,268 | #1,968 | 14 |
| 1914 | #96 | 1,775 | — | |
| 1913 | #85 | 1,641 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #80 | 1,607 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #79 | 1,244 | #1,290 | 8 |
| 1910 | #82 | 1,131 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | #80 | 1,052 | — | |
| 1908 | #82 | 1,015 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #73 | 1,092 | — | |
| 1906 | #75 | 980 | — | |
| 1905 | #77 | 968 | — | |
| 1904 | #72 | 983 | — | |
| 1903 | #72 | 920 | — | |
| 1902 | #77 | 873 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #74 | 859 | — | |
| 1900 | #78 | 974 | #1,050 | 7 |
| 1899 | #76 | 770 | — | |
| 1898 | #82 | 783 | #1,002 | 6 |
| 1897 | #81 | 688 | — | |
| 1896 | #77 | 750 | — | |
| 1895 | #74 | 760 | — | |
| 1894 | #79 | 675 | — | |
| 1893 | #80 | 622 | — | |
| 1892 | #77 | 638 | #956 | 6 |
| 1891 | #81 | 526 | — | |
| 1890 | #79 | 573 | — | |
| 1889 | #81 | 498 | — | |
| 1888 | #95 | 426 | — | |
| 1887 | #90 | 355 | — | |
| 1886 | #98 | 345 | — | |
| 1885 | #96 | 309 | — | |
| 1884 | #113 | 233 | — | |
| 1883 | #107 | 217 | — | |
| 1882 | #112 | 190 | — | |
| 1881 | #112 | 162 | — | |
| 1880 | #122 | 131 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1904 at #72 (983 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 40 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 32 yrs · run 1885–1916
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1880–1959
- 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
- 25.8% of all girls named Beulah (18,874) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,866 | #81 (1889) | #103 |
| 1890s | 6,785 | #74 (1895) | #79 |
| 1900s | 9,716 | #72 (1904) | #76 |
| 1910s | 18,874 | #79 (1911) | #93 |
| 1920s | 18,626 | #109 (1920) | #137 |
| 1930s | 8,669 | #168 (1930) | #205 |
| 1940s | 4,408 | #253 (1940) | #352 |
| 1950s | 1,780 | #478 (1950) | #731 |
| 1960s | 671 | #1,126 (1961) | #1,465 |
| 1970s | 286 | #1,781 (1970) | #2,806 |
| 1980s | 169 | #3,719 (1980) | #4,665 |
| 1990s | 84 | #6,131 (1990) | #10,031 |
| 2000s | 79 | #8,716 (2004) | #12,318 |
| 2010s | 135 | #4,653 (2019) | #8,583 |
| 2020s | 104 | #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 1932
Top girls' names in 1932
Top boys' names in 1932
More about 1932
girls
1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 1,068 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 96.4% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 149,165 of them was named Beulah, which outranked 27.8% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,849Worthy8
- #2,849Zigmund8
- #2,849Zoltan8
- #3,092Beulah7
- #3,092Abbie7
- #3,092Abie7
- #3,092Addie7
- #3,361Able6
- #3,361Acencion6
- #3,361Achille6
Tied with 268 names at #3,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.