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Beatrix

Gender
Girl
Say it
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Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#282 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,359 for girls

Beatrix is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “blessed, happy”. In 2025 it ranked 282nd for girls in the UK (173 babies) and 1,359th for girls in the US (162 babies).

What does Beatrix mean?

Latin: probably from Viatrix, 'voyager', altered to match beatus, 'blessed'

“blessed, happy”

Borne by Beatrix Potter, creator of Peter Rabbit.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Beatrix a girl's or a boy's name?

Beatrix is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 173 girls in the UK and 162 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Beatrix in the UK?

Rank in 2025
282nd among girls
Babies in 2025
173 about 1 in 1,600 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 173 girls in the UK were named Beatrix, making it the 282nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 178th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 373 girls.

It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Beatrix than any year since 2011.

Half of all the girls named Beatrix in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 265th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 373 in 20172025
Beatrix in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025173#282
2024216#244
2023231#225
2022275#201
2021319#180
2020315#178
2019316#180
2018349#173
2017373#166
2016347#182
2015263#225
2014214#254
2013201#263
2012186#298
2011164#330
2010126#396
200991#495
200875#554
200780#524
200644#772
200544#746
200432#910
200326#997
200222#1,085
200121#1,070
200018#1,182
199916#1,298
199825#955
199718#1,164
199614#1,381

How popular is Beatrix in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,359th among girls
Babies in 2025
162 about 1 in 9,900 girls
Five-year trend
Falling down 27% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 162 girls in the US were named Beatrix, making it the 1,359th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,165th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 262 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.

Half of all the girls named Beatrix in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

1883Busiest: 262 in 20192025
Beatrix in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025162#1,359
2024166#1,369
2023160#1,402
2022196#1,227
2021220#1,122
2020200#1,165
2019262#984
2018211#1,150
2017216#1,148
2016212#1,179
2015213#1,183
2014179#1,321
2013207#1,161
2012146#1,518
2011135#1,598
2010126#1,678
2009133#1,676
2008104#2,004
200776#2,457
200660#2,887
200544#3,400
200432#4,283
200327#4,663
200222#5,250
200117#6,317
200015#6,802
199911#8,216
19986#12,420
199719#5,224
199610#8,127
19959#8,761
19947#10,563
199313#6,615
19929#8,726
199111#7,423
19905#12,952
19895#12,356
19880–
19876#9,820
19860–
19855#10,672
19845#10,417
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19797#8,059
19780–
19770–
19767#7,294
19757#7,171
19740–
19736#7,433
19720–
19719#5,541
19706#7,069
19696#6,615
196811#4,221
196710#4,299
19668#4,865
196514#3,401
19640–
19638#4,895
19620–
19616#5,850
19606#5,695
19590–
19586#5,407
19570–
19569#4,160
19555#5,826
19546#5,146
19530–
19527#4,482
19510–
19505#5,299
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19448#3,377
19435#4,690
19425#4,620
194111#2,666
19405#4,347
193912#2,417
19387#3,448
19370–
19366#3,699
19350–
19340–
19337#3,405
19320–
19310–
19305#4,548
19296#4,051
19288#3,434
19270–
19260–
19256#4,425
19240–
19238#3,640
19227#4,009
192119#2,048
19208#3,596
19198#3,450
19187#3,867
191710#2,878
191612#2,497
191512#2,383
191413#1,896
191310#2,033
19128#2,143
19116#2,191
19106#2,140
19096#1,957
19088#1,547
19070–
19066#1,727
19057#1,537
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18996#1,393
18980–
18970–
18966#1,416
18956#1,426
18946#1,352
18936#1,277
18925#1,450
18910–
18905#1,337
18890–
18880–
18870–
18860–
18850–
18840–
18837#754

Nicknames for Beatrix

Names like Beatrix

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Emilia, Luna, Bella, Elodie, Aurora, Annabelle, Isla, Amelie, Arabella, Delilah, Nova, Lyla

More Latin names

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Every Latin name

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, “Beatrix: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beatrix, updated 20 October 2026.