girls:
13k births since 1912
#1366 (76th percentile)
boys:
407 births since 1912
#4179 (9th percentile)
overall:
13.4k births since 1912
#2257 (71st percentile)
The name Beverley is the #2,257 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 13,449 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 70.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 70.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,366 (76.1% percentile) for all time with 13,042 births since 1912. For boys, it ranks #4,179 (8.8% percentile) for all time with 407 births since 1912.
Beverley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 . Birth data for Beverley is available in 107 out of the 112 years between 1912 and 2023 (107 years for girls and 41 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Beverley has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.0% of all recorded births being female. Interestingly, until around 1915, the name was more popular for boys (58.1% boys from 1912 to 1914), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (97.2% girls from 1915 to 2023).
For girls, Beverley reached its peak popularity in 1938, achieving the 49.3% percentile (ranked #299) with 357 births per million. The name was most common in 1938, with 357 births per million (ranked 49.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2013, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Beverley ranks #939 for girls (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 2.1% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Beverley reached its peak popularity in 1922, achieving the 2.0% percentile (ranked #535) with 14 births per million. The name was most common in 1914, with 19 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1963.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Beverley".
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