Beula — girls' name

What the Data Says About Beula

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,183 babies named Beula between 1885 and 1953, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Beula currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1953. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 48 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Beula performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 379 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Beula shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Kentucky. In total, SSA state-level files list Beula in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Beula 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 1,183 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.