Girls' name · since 1997
Beautiful
1,127 babies named Beautiful in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #6,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,127
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Beautiful currently ranks #3876 among girls' names in America, with 1,127 babies recorded since 1997.
Beautiful has 1,127 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3876 as of the latest data, more common than 78% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #6,901 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #3,876 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,127 born since 1997
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beautiful ranks #6,901 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,876 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,127 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.
- #6,901 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #3,876 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,127
- born since 1997
- 2010s
- peak decade
Beautiful's 1,127 recorded births place it above 90.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Beautiful compares
1,127 Top 30% higher than 70% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Beautiful's all-time total is 200% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Beautiful | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,127 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 67 | 21 | 19,840 |
Beautiful's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Beautiful's full recorded timeline at 2012, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 67 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Beautiful popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 67
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Beautiful by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (495 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Beautiful's strongest decade.
495 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Beautiful births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
363 births
- 2010s
2010s
495 births
- 2020s
2020s
257 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 495 births (44% of all-time use).
How Beautiful compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Beautiful's total volume
Beautiful by state
Where Beautiful concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 110 | 9.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 74 | 6.6% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 54 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 18 | 1.6% |
| #5 | Florida | | 14 | 1.2% |
| #6 | New York | | 13 | 1.2% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.5% |
110 of 1,127 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Beautiful appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Beautiful's data
- Beautiful's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (495 total births) through the 2020s (257) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Beautifuls (110 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Beautiful: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~28 yrs)
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, 1997–2025 (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 Beautiful 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.