Beverly
Beverly was given to 246 girls in 2025, #1,018 among girls’ names; 383,193 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 215,000 Americans named Beverly and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 72 years old and half are between 65 and 79.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Beverly by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Beverly mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Beverly is “a female given name transferred from the surname, popular in the 1930s to the 1950s in the U.S., partly because of its association with Beverly Hills (where the stars live).”
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
A variant spelling of Beverley.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Beverly?
#1,018 among girls’ names, 2025
Beverly rose from #1,480 in 2015 to #1,018 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.09 to 0.15 per 1,000.
11,287 babies in 1953, the peak
Beverly peaked in 1953, when 11,287 babies were given it (11,240 girls, #34 among girls’ names). The 246 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #1,018 | 0.15 |
| 2024 | 240 | #1,045 | 0.15 |
| 2023 | 204 | #1,174 | 0.13 |
| 2022 | 224 | #1,107 | 0.14 |
| 2021 | 188 | #1,251 | 0.11 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,267 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 168 | #1,350 | 0.10 |
| 2018 | 176 | #1,293 | 0.10 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,417 | 0.09 |
| 2016 | 167 | #1,396 | 0.09 |
Every recorded year (130)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 155 | #1,480 | 0.09 |
| 2014 | 142 | #1,536 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 141 | #1,547 | 0.08 |
| 2012 | 125 | #1,685 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,731 | 0.07 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,011 | 0.06 |
| 2009 | 138 | #1,620 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 168 | #1,416 | 0.09 |
| 2007 | 157 | #1,481 | 0.08 |
| 2006 | 183 | #1,291 | 0.10 |
| 2005 | 154 | #1,395 | 0.08 |
| 2004 | 192 | #1,170 | 0.10 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1,211 | 0.10 |
| 2002 | 184 | #1,128 | 0.10 |
| 2001 | 189 | #1,117 | 0.10 |
| 2000 | 183 | #1,112 | 0.10 |
| 1999 | 219 | #946 | 0.12 |
| 1998 | 220 | #936 | 0.12 |
| 1997 | 248 | #834 | 0.14 |
| 1996 | 266 | #782 | 0.15 |
| 1995 | 288 | #716 | 0.16 |
| 1994 | 368 | #608 | 0.21 |
| 1993 | 405 | #581 | 0.22 |
| 1992 | 444 | #532 | 0.24 |
| 1991 | 433 | #540 | 0.23 |
| 1990 | 456 | #523 | 0.24 |
| 1989 | 434 | #532 | 0.24 |
| 1988 | 463 | #487 | 0.26 |
| 1987 | 455 | #476 | 0.26 |
| 1986 | 446 | #481 | 0.26 |
| 1985 | 482 | #451 | 0.28 |
| 1984 | 522 | #406 | 0.31 |
| 1983 | 568 | #388 | 0.34 |
| 1982 | 609 | #377 | 0.36 |
| 1981 | 675 | #347 | 0.40 |
| 1980 | 721 | #334 | 0.43 |
| 1979 | 713 | #328 | 0.44 |
| 1978 | 824 | #280 | 0.54 |
| 1977 | 862 | #276 | 0.56 |
| 1976 | 931 | #255 | 0.64 |
| 1975 | 1,009 | #245 | 0.69 |
| 1974 | 1,205 | #209 | 0.82 |
| 1973 | 1,347 | #192 | 0.92 |
| 1972 | 1,568 | #185 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,988 | #160 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 2,248 | #150 | 1.3 |
| 1969 | 2,404 | #141 | 1.4 |
| 1968 | 2,590 | #122 | 1.6 |
| 1967 | 3,003 | #112 | 1.8 |
| 1966 | 3,219 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1965 | 3,770 | #101 | 2.1 |
| 1964 | 4,606 | #91 | 2.4 |
| 1963 | 5,280 | #81 | 2.7 |
| 1962 | 6,266 | #69 | 3.2 |
| 1961 | 6,708 | #66 | 3.3 |
| 1960 | 7,392 | #60 | 3.7 |
| 1959 | 7,796 | #55 | 3.9 |
| 1958 | 7,679 | #55 | 3.8 |
| 1957 | 8,560 | #48 | 4.2 |
| 1956 | 9,449 | #40 | 4.7 |
| 1955 | 10,001 | #34 | 5.1 |
| 1954 | 11,155 | #31 | 5.7 |
| 1953 | 11,240 | #34 | 6.0 |
| 1952 | 10,547 | #35 | 5.7 |
| 1951 | 10,860 | #33 | 6.0 |
| 1950 | 10,503 | #31 | 6.1 |
| 1949 | 10,552 | #31 | 6.2 |
| 1948 | 10,795 | #31 | 6.4 |
| 1947 | 11,205 | #31 | 6.3 |
| 1946 | 10,430 | #30 | 6.6 |
| 1945 | 7,618 | #37 | 5.8 |
| 1944 | 8,292 | #35 | 6.2 |
| 1943 | 9,435 | #32 | 6.8 |
| 1942 | 9,411 | #32 | 7.0 |
| 1941 | 8,727 | #29 | 7.2 |
| 1940 | 8,657 | #27 | 7.6 |
| 1939 | 8,706 | #25 | 7.9 |
| 1938 | 9,770 | #18 | 8.9 |
| 1937 | 9,634 | #14 | 9.1 |
| 1936 | 8,901 | #17 | 8.6 |
| 1935 | 7,992 | #20 | 7.6 |
| 1934 | 7,886 | #22 | 7.6 |
| 1933 | 7,186 | #26 | 7.1 |
| 1932 | 7,527 | #28 | 7.1 |
| 1931 | 6,789 | #31 | 6.4 |
| 1930 | 6,455 | #34 | 5.7 |
| 1929 | 5,862 | #39 | 5.3 |
| 1928 | 5,437 | #46 | 4.7 |
| 1927 | 4,932 | #57 | 4.1 |
| 1926 | 3,775 | #74 | 3.2 |
| 1925 | 2,668 | #105 | 2.2 |
| 1924 | 2,283 | #121 | 1.8 |
| 1923 | 1,737 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 1922 | 1,411 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1921 | 1,160 | #186 | 0.94 |
| 1920 | 940 | #207 | 0.78 |
| 1919 | 684 | #243 | 0.61 |
| 1918 | 706 | #241 | 0.61 |
| 1917 | 630 | #247 | 0.58 |
| 1916 | 495 | #272 | 0.47 |
| 1915 | 311 | #338 | 0.32 |
| 1914 | 142 | #459 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 103 | #502 | 0.16 |
| 1912 | 88 | #515 | 0.16 |
| 1911 | 60 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 56 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1909 | 35 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 32 | #679 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 26 | #739 | 0.08 |
| 1906 | 31 | #647 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 16 | #933 | 0.05 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,008 | 0.05 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,217 | 0.03 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,031 | 0.05 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,710 | 0.02 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,056 | 0.04 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,631 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,525 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,576 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,463 | 0.02 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Beverly a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 383,193 Americans recorded as Beverly, 99% are girls and 1% boys. In 2025 it went to 246 girls; SSA lists no boys with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Beverly: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Beverly, and how old are they?
215,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 383,193 Americans ever recorded as Beverly. The median Beverly alive today is 72 years old; half are between 65 and 79.
The 2020 Census counted 249,640 people named Beverly (248,614 women and girls, 1,026 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 255,561 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 45,700 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 131,000 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 26,200 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,150 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,720 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,380 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Beverly born?
The states with the most babies named Beverly are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 19% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 25,167 | #1,333 | 0.8× |
| California | 24,719 | #857 | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 22,898 | #732 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 22,891 | #646 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 20,806 | #1,272 | 1.0× |
| Michigan | 19,827 | #978 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 18,527 | #1,415 | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 11,858 | #582 | 1.2× |
| Massachusetts | 11,018 | #901 | 0.9× |
| Missouri | 10,868 | #953 | 1.1× |
Where Beverly is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Beverly is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Beverly with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 399,671 babies since 1880, Beverly is the most given (96% of them). In 2025 it was given to 246 of their 266 babies (92%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Beverly
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Beverly and names like it
- Compare Beverly and BeverleyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sBeverly peaked in 1953.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Beverly since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Beverly: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1953The year the most babies were named Beverly.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Beverly alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.