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Beverly

Girls' name · Mid-century

Living in the US
~232,100 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,016 among girls
Births in 2025
246 383,193 since 1880
Typical age
72 years, median

Beverly popularity over time

Beverly rank by birth year, 1893–2025Beverly ranked #1,437 in 1893 and #1,016 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #14, in 1937.#100#1,000#1,016best #14 in 19371920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1893–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1953: 11,287 births recorded as Beverly. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 39 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,016, with 246 births that year. Over ten years the count has risen 59%. It climbed 28 places against the previous year.

Babies named Beverly per yearPeaks at 11,287 births in 1953.11,287 in 1953018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Beverly?

About 232,100 people named Beverly are alive in the United States today. That is out of 383,193 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Beverly?

Half of living Beverlys are older than 72, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Beverly a mid-century name.

Your Beverly

Ages of living people named BeverlyHalf of living Beverlys are older than 72 and half younger.median 72020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Beverly is most common

Minnesota uses the name 1.4× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Beverly is used more than average2 states use the name Beverly more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: 1.4× the national rateMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.3× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Beverly is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Minnesota 37 1.4×
California 285 1.3×

Is Beverly a boy's or a girl's name?

99% girls1% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Across the whole record, 98.8% of births under the name were girls. The dominant sex is not the same at the end of the record as at the start.

Beverly in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Beverly ranked #5,927 in 2025 on 3 births.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Beverly comes from

A variant spelling of Beverley.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Beverly

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Beverly Sills American operatic soprano 1929–2007 44
Beverly D'Angelo American actress 1951 38
Beverly Aadland American film actress 1942–2010 35
Beverly Cleary American writer of children's books 1916–2021 31
Beverly Garland American actress 1926–2008 22
Beverly McDonald Athletics (sport) competitor 1970 20
Beverly Johnson American model and actress 1952 20
Beverly Naya Nigerian actress — 18
Photo credits (7)

The sharpest rise. Births under this name jumped from 202 in 1914 to 424 in 1915 — 2.1 times over in a single year.

Birth records contain the rise and nothing about its cause. This site does not supply one.

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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