Beverley

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · Last seen for boys in 1963 at #3,646
Given to girls 97.0% of the time

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Peak · girls
1938 · 407 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
13,062
since 1912

Beverley over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Beverley has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #309, 1938girls
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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#8,36212
2024#12,1617
2023#8,05513
2022#8,54212
2021#11,1468
2020#12,1427
2019#10,4739
2018#9,80610
2017#11,6158
2016#12,8767
2015#16,4195
2014#16,5135
2013#10,23510
2012#16,8695
2011
2010
2009#17,2945
2008#17,5045
2007
2006#12,4208
2005#14,5026
2004#16,0995
2003#11,3258
2002
2001
2000#15,0315
1999#14,4115
1998#12,4266
1997#12,0706
1996#10,5677
1995#10,5147
1994#10,5697
1993#10,5887
1992#7,51211
1991#5,65916
1990#4,69420
1989#7,44910
1988#7,6919
1987#7,9878
1986#6,61210
1985#5,67812
1984#5,53912
1983#6,21210
1982#6,37110
1981#4,96314
1980#5,24513
1979#5,09213
1978#4,24216
1977#3,48621
1976#3,00224
1975#3,25921
1974#2,75726
1973#2,34932
1972#1,94642
1971#2,06440
1970#2,08139
1969#1,54659
1968#1,40664
1967#1,36065
1966#1,31268
1965#1,25274
1964#955121
1963#1,052104#3,6466
1962#925131#4,0335
1961#916139#4,0655
1960#782171
1959#789167
1958#686206
1957#638236
1956#630231
1955#599237
1954#557253
1953#554249
1952#539251#3,3736
1951#492277#3,7145
1950#482283
1949#498265#3,0197
1948#452313#3,6685
1947#421373#2,35611
1946#412352#2,9197
1945#420286
1944#364367
1943#363394#2,07413
1942#360377#2,7128
1941#355348#3,5055
1940#343350#2,4789
1939#344341#2,6098
1938#309407#2,8687
1937#322371#2,6808
1936#317370#3,1476
1935#341350#2,24611
1934#341347#1,93214
1933#356310#2,5429
1932#345337#2,6389
1931#361318#2,10113
1930#350360#2,29312
1929#378315#2,58910
1928#378321#2,16214
1927#418272#2,12115
1926#448227#2,18614
1925#516187#2,75510
1924#619147#2,13215
1923#642131#2,22414
1922#73498#2,04016
1921#75793#2,37613
1920#85072#2,33613
1919#92558#2,66510
1918#87966#2,54311
1917#1,01348#2,09114
1916#1,38028#2,38911
1915#1,43925#2,07013
1914#3,1886#1,77213
1913#2,8276#2,8215
1912#2,6346#2,0457
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five girls were named Beverley! It came in at #2,634, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1999–2002, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Beverley
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3,799 spots since 2024 (#12,161#8,362)
  • 3,780 spots since 2020 (#12,142#8,362)
  • 8,057 spots since 2015 (#16,419#8,362)
  • Biggest jump: 134 spots in 1918 (#1,013#879)
  • Biggest drop: 297 spots in 1965 (#955#1,252)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1938 at #309 (407 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1918–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,711
  • Highest: 1 in 2,711 girls born in 1938 were named Beverley (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 133,939 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1930s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Beverley (3,511) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s243#879 (1918)#1,786
1920s1,863#378 (1928)#574
1930s3,511#309 (1938)#339
1940s3,425#343 (1940)#399
1950s2,390#482 (1950)#597
1960s996#782 (1960)#1,151
1970s274#1,946 (1972)#3,028
1980s108#4,963 (1981)#6,375
1990s92#4,694 (1990)#9,901
2000s42#11,325 (2003)#14,882
2010s59#9,806 (2018)#13,101
2020s59#8,055 (2023)#10,068

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.

Beverley in 1928

girls
#378
321 births · 1 in 3,593 girls
boys
#2,162
14 births · 1 in 79,115 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #378Beverley321

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #2,162Beverley14
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 3,593 of them was named Beverley, which outranked 93.1% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverley
  1. #374Tommie334
  2. #376Nola330
  3. #377Cecile328
  4. #378Beverley321
  5. #379Betsy317
  6. #380Margarita316
  7. #381Molly315
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 79,115 of them was named Beverley, which outranked 54.2% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beverley
  1. #2,048Wanda15
  2. #2,048Wash15
  3. #2,048Westley15
  4. #2,162Beverley14
  5. #2,162Adell14
  6. #2,162Albertus14
  7. #2,162Alphonzo14
  8. #2,270Abbie13
  9. #2,270Alberta13
  10. #2,270Almer13

Tied with 107 names at #2,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928