Bee
Girl · BEE · English
Bee is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “bee”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Bee mean?
English: English word, also a pet form of Beatrice
“bee”
Also a long-standing pet form of Beatrice and Beatrix.
- Say it
- BEE
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bee a girl's or a boy's name?
Bee is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bee in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Bee, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bee in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 56 girls in the UK were given Bee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #667, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
- Bea 48
- Bee 8
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Bee in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
How popular is Bee in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Bee, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1917, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1883.
Half of all the girls named Bee in the US since 1880 were born between 1910 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Bee or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
- Bea 83
- Bee 8
In 1915, 60% of the babies named Bee in the US were girls. By 1995 it was 26%, with more boys than girls since 1920.
Bee in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,045 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 7 | #10,263 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,329 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,938 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,778 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 27 | #1,431 |
| 1916 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,622 |
| 1914 | 16 | #1,665 |
| 1913 | 12 | #1,766 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 10 | #1,289 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,024 |
| 1901 | 10 | #1,067 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,052 |
| 1899 | 6 | #1,393 |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,384 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,122 |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 10 | #837 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #1,108 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 6 | #817 |
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