Girls' name · since 1884
Beda
328 babies named Beda in U.S. Social Security records since 1884, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 328
- born since 1884
- 1890s
- peak decade
Beda is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 328 have been recorded since 1884.
Social Security Administration records show Beda recorded 328 times among girls since 1884, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1890s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1884 to 1940.
- #15,171 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 328 born since 1884
- 1890s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beda ranks #15,171 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 328 born since 1884, peaking in the 1890s.
- #15,171 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 328
- born since 1884
- 1890s
- peak decade
Beda's 328 recorded births place it above 79% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Beda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Beda's SSA record in two at 1910 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1888, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Beda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1884–1940
- Peak year (1918)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Beda by decade
1890s is the heaviest window (84 births, 26% of the file).
1890s was Beda's strongest decade.
84 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.
Beda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 31
1880s
31 births
- 1890s
1890s
84 births
- 1900s
1900s
52 births
- 1910s
1910s
58 births
- 1920s
1920s
65 births
- 1930s 30
1930s
30 births
- 1940s 8
1940s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1890s at 84 births (26% of all-time use).
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- Beda's decade-level peak was the 1890s (84 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 1940s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Beda: 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, 1884–1940 (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 Beda 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.