Bedelia — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bedelia

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Bedelia between 1918 and 1968, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bedelia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bedelia performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 42 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bedelia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bedelia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bedelia in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 81 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.