Beryl
Pronounced B EH1 R AH0 L (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1920
- 145 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Beryl?
Beryl is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 12,654 children — the 1,401st most common girls' name on record.
It is still recorded, but barely: 84 births across the past decade, against a peak of 311 in a single year. That peak was in 1920.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Burel and Burell — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Beryl and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Burel
- Burell
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- B EH1 R AH0 L
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Beryl
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Beryl
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Beryl?
- Beryl ranks 1,401st among girls' names in US records, with 12,654 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 84.
- Is Beryl a unisex name?
- No. Beryl is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Beryl most popular?
- 1920, when 311 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Beryl spelled?
- Burel, Burell. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.