Girls' name · since 1888
Beadie
Beadie has 435 recorded births since 1888 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1918 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,841 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 435
- born since 1888
- 1910s
- peak decade
Beadie sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 435 recorded since 1888.
Beadie has 435 recorded births among girls since 1888, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1888 to 1949.
- #12,841 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 435 born since 1888
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beadie ranks #12,841 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 435 born since 1888, peaking in the 1910s.
- #12,841 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 435
- born since 1888
- 1910s
- peak decade
Beadie's 435 recorded births place it above 82.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Beadie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Beadie splits its recorded history at 1918: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1899 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Beadie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1888–1949
- Peak year (1918)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Beadie by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (130 births, 30% of the file).
1910s was Beadie's strongest decade.
130 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Beadie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 7
1880s
7 births
- 1890s 38
1890s
38 births
- 1900s
1900s
88 births
- 1910s
1910s
130 births
- 1920s
1920s
95 births
- 1930s
1930s
56 births
- 1940s 21
1940s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 130 births (30% of all-time use).
Beadie by state
Where Beadie concentrates geographically, total births since 1888
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 23 | 5.3% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 8 | 1.8% |
23 of 435 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Beadie's data
- Beadie's decade-level peak was the 1910s (130 total births); usage has since declined to 21 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Beadies (23 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Beadie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1888–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Beadie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.