Girls' name · since 1993
Berea
Berea has 74 recorded births since 1993 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 74
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
74 girls have been named Berea since 1993, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Berea recorded 74 times among girls since 1993, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1993 to 2024.
- #30,442 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 74 born since 1993
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Berea ranks #30,442 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 74 born since 1993, peaking in the 2000s.
- #30,442 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 74
- born since 1993
- 2000s
- peak decade
Berea's 74 recorded births place it above 57.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Berea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Berea's SSA record in two at 2005 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1993, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Berea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–2024
- Peak year (2011)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Berea by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (26 births, 35% of the file).
2000s was Berea's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Berea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2000s
2000s
26 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 26 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Berea's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Berea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1993–2024 (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 Berea 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.