Bea
Girl · BEE · Latin
Bea is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blessed, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 812th for girls in the UK (48 babies) and 2,214th for girls in the US (83 babies).
What does Bea mean?
Latin: short form of Beatrice or Beatrix
“blessed, happy”
- Say it
- BEE
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Is Bea a girl's or a boy's name?
Bea is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 48 girls in the UK and 83 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bea in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #812among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 48about 1 in 5,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 48 girls in the UK were named Bea, making it the 812th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 877th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 55 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bea in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 girls in the UK were given Bea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #667, up from #812 for this spelling alone.
- Bea 48
- Bee 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 816th in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Bea in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 48 | #812 |
| 2024 | 31 | #1,143 |
| 2023 | 49 | #788 |
| 2022 | 39 | #956 |
| 2021 | 53 | #768 |
| 2020 | 44 | #877 |
| 2019 | 55 | #760 |
| 2018 | 34 | #1,098 |
| 2017 | 33 | #1,127 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,324 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 26 | #1,336 |
| 2013 | 42 | #949 |
| 2012 | 18 | #1,756 |
| 2011 | 18 | #1,696 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,527 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,556 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,521 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Bea in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,214among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 83about 1 in 19,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 83 girls in the US were named Bea, making it the 2,214th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,141st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 89 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Bea in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Bea or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #2,214 for this spelling alone.
- Bea 83
- Bee 8
Bea in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,214 |
| 2024 | 89 | #2,134 |
| 2023 | 71 | #2,494 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,720 |
| 2021 | 54 | #3,037 |
| 2020 | 50 | #3,141 |
| 2019 | 48 | #3,271 |
| 2018 | 50 | #3,200 |
| 2017 | 37 | #3,995 |
| 2016 | 48 | #3,326 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #9,344 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,290 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #7,994 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,197 |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 30 | #2,149 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 28 | #2,151 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,208 |
| 1957 | 27 | #2,120 |
| 1956 | 20 | #2,529 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,479 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 28 | #1,777 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,722 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 20 | #1,915 |
| 1943 | 40 | #1,290 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 34 | #1,310 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,518 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,300 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,182 |
| 1937 | 19 | #1,784 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 23 | #1,552 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 18 | #1,875 |
| 1930 | 26 | #1,534 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 23 | #1,771 |
| 1925 | 22 | #1,846 |
| 1924 | 20 | #1,991 |
| 1923 | 36 | #1,305 |
| 1922 | 18 | #2,109 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 20 | #1,952 |
| 1919 | 21 | #1,801 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1916 | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,147 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,091 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 20 | #970 |
| 1909 | 19 | #935 |
| 1908 | 22 | #829 |
| 1907 | 15 | #990 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 13 | #1,057 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,485 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 8 | #1,320 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #1,236 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 5 | #920 |
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