Girl name#228 of girl names
Beatrice
Pronounced B IY1 AH0 T R AH0 S (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1921
- 145 years in use
How popular is Beatrice?
Beatrice is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 195,064 children — the 228th most common girls' name on record.
It peaked in 1921, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1921, when 5,968 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B IY1 AH0 T R AH0 S · B IY1 AH0 T R IH0 S · B IY1 T R AH0 S · B IY1 T R IH0 S
- Stress pattern:
- 100 · 100 · 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Beatrice
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Beatrice
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Beatrice?
- Beatrice ranks 228th among girls' names in US records, with 195,064 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 5,394.
- Is Beatrice a unisex name?
- No. Beatrice is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Beatrice most popular?
- 1921, when 5,968 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.