Bev — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bev

The Social Security Administration has registered 998 babies named Bev between 1940 and 1971, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bev currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1971. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 127 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bev performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 480 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bev shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 109 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Bev in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bev 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 998 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.