Total births
19
Boys' name · since 1959
Beaver
19 babies named Beaver in U.S. Social Security records since 1959, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 19
- total births
- 1959–1964
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
Beaver sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 19 recorded since 1959.
Beaver has 19 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1964.
- 19 total births
- 1959–1964 years on record
- 1960s peak decade
- 74% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
19 boys have been named Beaver since 1959, peaking in the 1960s, last recorded in 1964.
- 19
- total births
- 1959–1964
- years on record
- 1960s
- peak decade
- 74%
- born in that decade
1960s
Peak decade
74% of everyone ever named Beaver was born in this single decade.
1964
Single peak year
9 babies were named Beaver in 1964 - its busiest year on record.
Beaver's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Beaver's full recorded timeline at 1963, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1964 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Beaver at a glance
Last recorded 1964Peak year
1964
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1959
Beaver popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1964
- Peak year (1964)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Beaver by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1960s was Beaver's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Beaver births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 14 births (74% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Beaver? ▼
19 babies have been named Beaver since 1959. It was last recorded in 1964. The peak year was 1964 with 9 births.
When was Beaver most popular? ▼
Beaver was most popular in the 1960s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 1964.
How long has the name Beaver been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Beaver since 1959 -- 6 years through the most recent 1964 data.
What names are similar to Beaver? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Beau, Bear, Beaux, Beauford, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.
Keep exploring Beaver
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1959–1964 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Beaver: Baby Name Since 1959 - 19 Births, Peak 1964." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/beaver. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Beaver 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 June 2026.