Girls' name · peaked in 1937
Beverly name popularity since 1925
370,750 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Beverly (99.1% girls, 0.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1948 or earlier, so the typical Beverly is about 78 years old in 2026. Beverly peaked in 1937 as the #14 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 370,750
- Named Beverly, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,018 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.1% girls
- 367,542 girls · 3,208 boys
- Most popular in
- North Dakota
- 2.23× its national share
Peak year is the year Beverly made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Beverly births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1953. Measured as a share of all babies, Beverly peaked in 1937.
- Fastest rise: Between 1925 and 1930, Beverly became 2.6× more common.
- Steepest fall: Between 1971 and 1976, its share of baby girls fell by 47%, from 1 in 837 to 1 in 1,570.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Beverly's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Beverly.
Decade by decade
Babies named Beverly in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 22,674 | 554 | – |
| 1930s | 80,846 | 969 | #20 |
| 1940s | 95,122 | 744 | #37 |
| 1950s | 97,790 | 537 | #34 |
| 1960s | 45,238 | 250 | #101 |
| 1970s | 12,695 | 100 | #245 |
| 1980s | 5,375 | 49 | #451 |
| 1990s | 3,347 | 5 | #717 |
| 2000s | 1,723 | 0 | #1,395 |
| 2010s | 1,453 | 0 | #1,480 |
| 2020–25 | 1,279 | 0 | #1,018 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.4% of babies named Beverly from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Beverly is most popular
The index compares Beverly's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Beverly.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | 2.23× | 2,600 |
| South Dakota | 2.14× | 2,527 |
| Vermont | 2.11× | 1,301 |
| Iowa | 1.92× | 9,050 |
| Nebraska | 1.75× | 4,537 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Beverly and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Beverly (this page) | 367,542 | 1937 |
| Beverley | 12,278 | 1938 |
| Beverlee | 2,190 | 1930 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Beverly's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Beverly.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Beverly (1937).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data