Beebe — unisex name
31 babies named Beebe in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Beebe was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Beebe in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beebe
The Social Security Administration has registered 31 babies named Beebe between 1924 and 1962, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Beebe currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1962. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 6 babies received it in a single year. Beebe is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1922.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beebe performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Beebe shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beebe 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 31 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.
Beebe at a glance
Last recorded 1962Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Beebe popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1962–1924
- Peak year (1924)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1962.
31 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 6 births in a single year.
Beebe popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1922 (Beebe as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Beebe accounts for 14% of total recorded use across both genders.
Beebe by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 11 births that decade — 35% of Beebe's all-time total
Beebe decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Beebe's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.