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Beulah

Pronounced B Y UW1 L AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1916
  • 145 years in use
  • Biblical
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How popular is Beulah?

Beulah is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 74,479 children — the 438th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 177 births across the past decade, against a peak of 2,431 in a single year. That peak was in 1916.

06251,2501,8752,50018901920195019802010
1916Girls: 2,431Boys: 7

Characteristics

  • Biblical (Place)
  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
B Y UW1 L AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Beulah

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Beulah

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Beulah?
Beulah ranks 438th among girls' names in US records, with 74,479 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 177.
Is Beulah a unisex name?
No. Beulah is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Beulah most popular?
1916, when 2,431 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.