Beatrice
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEE-a-tris
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #136 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #508 for girls
Vintage revival
Beatrice is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blessed, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 136th for girls in the UK (414 babies) and 508th for girls in the US (583 babies).
What does Beatrice mean?
Latin: from Beatrix, linked with Latin beatus, 'blessed'
“blessed, happy”
Dante's beloved Beatrice guides him through Paradise in The Divine Comedy; Shakespeare gave the name to Much Ado's witty heroine.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Beatrice a girl's or a boy's name?
Beatrice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 414 girls in the UK and 583 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Beatrice in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #136among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 414about 1 in 670 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 27% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 414 girls in the UK were named Beatrice, making it the 136th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 114th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 703 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Beatrice than any year since 2006.
Half of all the girls named Beatrice in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 121st in England and Wales, 324th in Scotland and 397th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#26), 1914 (#33), 1924 (#52) and 2014 (#91).
Beatrice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 414 | #136 |
| 2024 | 434 | #129 |
| 2023 | 417 | #134 |
| 2022 | 487 | #115 |
| 2021 | 528 | #107 |
| 2020 | 487 | #114 |
| 2019 | 612 | #94 |
| 2018 | 635 | #92 |
| 2017 | 643 | #94 |
| 2016 | 703 | #88 |
| 2015 | 614 | #108 |
| 2014 | 619 | #104 |
| 2013 | 593 | #103 |
| 2012 | 517 | #123 |
| 2011 | 473 | #133 |
| 2010 | 501 | #129 |
| 2009 | 434 | #144 |
| 2008 | 416 | #146 |
| 2007 | 424 | #146 |
| 2006 | 337 | #181 |
| 2005 | 277 | #196 |
| 2004 | 207 | #241 |
| 2003 | 179 | #271 |
| 2002 | 158 | #280 |
| 2001 | 147 | #293 |
| 2000 | 141 | #293 |
| 1999 | 144 | #286 |
| 1998 | 174 | #262 |
| 1997 | 143 | #286 |
| 1996 | 118 | #330 |
How popular is Beatrice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #508among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 583about 1 in 2,800 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 583 girls in the US were named Beatrice, making it the 508th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 552nd. Its busiest year was 1921, with 5,968 girls.
2025 had more girls named Beatrice than any year since 1966.
Half of all the girls named Beatrice in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 1941, the years shaded on the chart below.
Beatrice in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 583 | #508 |
| 2024 | 520 | #579 |
| 2023 | 511 | #587 |
| 2022 | 549 | #554 |
| 2021 | 542 | #564 |
| 2020 | 538 | #552 |
| 2019 | 547 | #558 |
| 2018 | 542 | #570 |
| 2017 | 548 | #559 |
| 2016 | 560 | #557 |
| 2015 | 542 | #569 |
| 2014 | 491 | #599 |
| 2013 | 485 | #587 |
| 2012 | 404 | #695 |
| 2011 | 396 | #702 |
| 2010 | 321 | #837 |
| 2009 | 327 | #851 |
| 2008 | 338 | #837 |
| 2007 | 308 | #896 |
| 2006 | 272 | #961 |
| 2005 | 213 | #1,112 |
| 2004 | 234 | #1,008 |
| 2003 | 210 | #1,064 |
| 2002 | 190 | #1,106 |
| 2001 | 218 | #983 |
| 2000 | 218 | #969 |
| 1999 | 196 | #1,033 |
| 1998 | 220 | #935 |
| 1997 | 182 | #1,049 |
| 1996 | 215 | #912 |
| 1995 | 198 | #946 |
| 1994 | 224 | #871 |
| 1993 | 266 | #774 |
| 1992 | 286 | #738 |
| 1991 | 306 | #696 |
| 1990 | 290 | #719 |
| 1989 | 303 | #669 |
| 1988 | 287 | #671 |
| 1987 | 209 | #837 |
| 1986 | 258 | #702 |
| 1985 | 294 | #632 |
| 1984 | 235 | #705 |
| 1983 | 257 | #669 |
| 1982 | 289 | #621 |
| 1981 | 338 | #550 |
| 1980 | 287 | #634 |
| 1979 | 280 | #625 |
| 1978 | 293 | #585 |
| 1977 | 284 | #599 |
| 1976 | 282 | #582 |
| 1975 | 322 | #536 |
| 1974 | 317 | #527 |
| 1973 | 327 | #519 |
| 1972 | 310 | #537 |
| 1971 | 428 | #467 |
| 1970 | 423 | #478 |
| 1969 | 438 | #462 |
| 1968 | 493 | #427 |
| 1967 | 504 | #416 |
| 1966 | 602 | #369 |
| 1965 | 641 | #356 |
| 1964 | 650 | #376 |
| 1963 | 718 | #354 |
| 1962 | 737 | #349 |
| 1961 | 768 | #341 |
| 1960 | 910 | #310 |
| 1959 | 885 | #310 |
| 1958 | 877 | #304 |
| 1957 | 983 | #285 |
| 1956 | 1,007 | #270 |
| 1955 | 1,038 | #259 |
| 1954 | 1,083 | #248 |
| 1953 | 1,095 | #243 |
| 1952 | 1,223 | #225 |
| 1951 | 1,283 | #214 |
| 1950 | 1,271 | #210 |
| 1949 | 1,340 | #203 |
| 1948 | 1,433 | #191 |
| 1947 | 1,465 | #188 |
| 1946 | 1,463 | #180 |
| 1945 | 1,358 | #170 |
| 1944 | 1,579 | #156 |
| 1943 | 1,756 | #152 |
| 1942 | 1,772 | #146 |
| 1941 | 1,664 | #143 |
| 1940 | 1,730 | #140 |
| 1939 | 1,778 | #136 |
| 1938 | 1,910 | #125 |
| 1937 | 1,987 | #120 |
| 1936 | 1,955 | #121 |
| 1935 | 2,243 | #107 |
| 1934 | 2,410 | #99 |
| 1933 | 2,410 | #94 |
| 1932 | 2,787 | #87 |
| 1931 | 2,844 | #85 |
| 1930 | 3,390 | #76 |
| 1929 | 3,574 | #72 |
| 1928 | 3,922 | #70 |
| 1927 | 4,241 | #67 |
| 1926 | 4,518 | #58 |
| 1925 | 4,992 | #50 |
| 1924 | 5,271 | #50 |
| 1923 | 5,464 | #46 |
| 1922 | 5,476 | #43 |
| 1921 | 5,968 | #41 |
| 1920 | 5,804 | #41 |
| 1919 | 5,856 | #41 |
| 1918 | 5,907 | #40 |
| 1917 | 5,839 | #39 |
| 1916 | 5,586 | #38 |
| 1915 | 5,342 | #37 |
| 1914 | 4,232 | #38 |
| 1913 | 3,567 | #37 |
| 1912 | 3,205 | #37 |
| 1911 | 2,522 | #37 |
| 1910 | 2,459 | #36 |
| 1909 | 2,105 | #38 |
| 1908 | 1,997 | #40 |
| 1907 | 1,858 | #44 |
| 1906 | 1,679 | #45 |
| 1905 | 1,661 | #45 |
| 1904 | 1,549 | #45 |
| 1903 | 1,439 | #49 |
| 1902 | 1,429 | #49 |
| 1901 | 1,183 | #53 |
| 1900 | 1,382 | #56 |
| 1899 | 1,061 | #56 |
| 1898 | 1,122 | #60 |
| 1897 | 942 | #68 |
| 1896 | 870 | #70 |
| 1895 | 814 | #73 |
| 1894 | 684 | #76 |
| 1893 | 564 | #85 |
| 1892 | 541 | #90 |
| 1891 | 485 | #91 |
| 1890 | 417 | #98 |
| 1889 | 352 | #108 |
| 1888 | 316 | #116 |
| 1887 | 262 | #116 |
| 1886 | 192 | #137 |
| 1885 | 188 | #133 |
| 1884 | 167 | #136 |
| 1883 | 126 | #146 |
| 1882 | 123 | #144 |
| 1881 | 87 | #156 |
| 1880 | 87 | #154 |
Nicknames for Beatrice
Names like Beatrice
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Beatrice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beatrice, updated 20 October 2026.