Recorded 2000–2014 Girls' name Peak 2003 181 births

Beyonca — girls' name

181 babies named Beyonca in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1552010s26
2000s
Peak decade

86% of everyone ever named Beyonca was born in this single decade.

2003
Single peak year

23 babies were named Beyonca in 2003 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Beyonca

The Social Security Administration has registered 181 babies named Beyonca between 2000 and 2014, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Beyonca currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Beyonca performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 155 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Beyonca shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Beyonca 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 181 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.

Beyonca at a glance

Last recorded 2014

Total births

181

Since 2000

15 years of records

Peak year

2003

23 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2014

Active since

2000

Recorded for 15 years

Last year on file: 2014

Beyonca popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–2000

Last recorded 2014
Peak year (2003)
23
Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
0510152025 20142011200920072005200320012000 9

Beyonca by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
155 births that decade — 86% of Beyonca's all-time total
2000s1552010s26

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Beyonca?
181 babies have been named Beyonca since 2000. It was last recorded in 2014. The peak year was 2003 with 23 births.
When was Beyonca most popular?
Beyonca was most popular in the 2000s decade with 155 total births. The single peak year was 2003.
How long has the name Beyonca been used?
Beyonca has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 15 years of data through 2014.
What names are similar to Beyonca?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Beyonce, Beya, Beyla, Beyza, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2000–2014 (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.