How popular is the name Beverly?

Beverly ranks 104th among girls' names in US records, with 396,432 births since 1893. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,942.

Is Beverly a unisex name?

No. Beverly is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1953, when 11,489 children were given the name. It has been in use for 132 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Beverley. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#104 of girl names

Pronounced B EH1 V ER0 L IY0 (ARPABET)

Beverly is a girls' name, and first appears in 1893. It has been given to 396,432 children — the 104th most common girls' name on record.

It peaked in 1953, went quiet for most of a century, and is climbing again. Its best single year was 1953, when 11,489 children were given it.

Beverley is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1953Girls: 11,489Boys: 47

These spellings sound identical to Beverly and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

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

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

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

How popular is the name Beverly?: Beverly ranks 104th among girls' names in US records, with 396,432 births since 1893. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,942.
Is Beverly a unisex name?: No. Beverly is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Beverly most popular?: 1953, when 11,489 children were given the name. It has been in use for 132 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Beverly spelled?: Beverley. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.