Beryl
Girl · English
Vintage revival
Beryl is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “little bear”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Beryl mean?
English
“little bear”
A female given name from English derived from the gem beryl.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Beryl a girl's or a boy's name?
Beryl is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Beryl in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Beryl, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Beryl in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1914 (#93), 1924 (#39), 1934 (#22) and 1944 (#46).
Beryl in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Beryl 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 Beryl, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 311 girls.
Half of all the girls named Beryl in the US since 1880 were born between 1918 and 1946, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 86% of the babies named Beryl in the US in 1890, and 70% in 1967.
Beryl in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,060 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 13 | #6,459 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,471 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,736 |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,045 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 8 | #6,890 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 10 | #5,060 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,168 |
| 1967 | 28 | #2,272 |
| 1966 | 29 | #2,190 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,993 |
| 1964 | 63 | #1,419 |
| 1963 | 57 | #1,478 |
| 1962 | 53 | #1,539 |
| 1961 | 58 | #1,464 |
| 1960 | 63 | #1,384 |
| 1959 | 82 | #1,173 |
| 1958 | 76 | #1,220 |
| 1957 | 125 | #909 |
| 1956 | 106 | #987 |
| 1955 | 111 | #931 |
| 1954 | 108 | #925 |
| 1953 | 106 | #914 |
| 1952 | 119 | #841 |
| 1951 | 150 | #711 |
| 1950 | 145 | #709 |
| 1949 | 145 | #701 |
| 1948 | 169 | #638 |
| 1947 | 155 | #674 |
| 1946 | 106 | #802 |
| 1945 | 100 | #749 |
| 1944 | 112 | #710 |
| 1943 | 116 | #714 |
| 1942 | 116 | #689 |
| 1941 | 104 | #689 |
| 1940 | 130 | #613 |
| 1939 | 122 | #610 |
| 1938 | 122 | #614 |
| 1937 | 128 | #594 |
| 1936 | 138 | #554 |
| 1935 | 117 | #603 |
| 1934 | 146 | #536 |
| 1933 | 161 | #502 |
| 1932 | 198 | #464 |
| 1931 | 229 | #429 |
| 1930 | 197 | #477 |
| 1929 | 180 | #502 |
| 1928 | 207 | #474 |
| 1927 | 223 | #466 |
| 1926 | 228 | #446 |
| 1925 | 200 | #496 |
| 1924 | 219 | #469 |
| 1923 | 217 | #466 |
| 1922 | 233 | #445 |
| 1921 | 238 | #447 |
| 1920 | 311 | #374 |
| 1919 | 234 | #427 |
| 1918 | 268 | #399 |
| 1917 | 217 | #434 |
| 1916 | 213 | #431 |
| 1915 | 211 | #410 |
| 1914 | 180 | #393 |
| 1913 | 149 | #399 |
| 1912 | 149 | #376 |
| 1911 | 94 | #417 |
| 1910 | 91 | #412 |
| 1909 | 70 | #442 |
| 1908 | 88 | #385 |
| 1907 | 74 | #412 |
| 1906 | 70 | #408 |
| 1905 | 78 | #383 |
| 1904 | 73 | #385 |
| 1903 | 57 | #419 |
| 1902 | 59 | #401 |
| 1901 | 59 | #383 |
| 1900 | 59 | #431 |
| 1899 | 39 | #467 |
| 1898 | 46 | #448 |
| 1897 | 37 | #470 |
| 1896 | 45 | #428 |
| 1895 | 40 | #455 |
| 1894 | 29 | #535 |
| 1893 | 33 | #464 |
| 1892 | 37 | #442 |
| 1891 | 36 | #413 |
| 1890 | 32 | #462 |
| 1889 | 37 | #398 |
| 1888 | 19 | #572 |
| 1887 | 27 | #424 |
| 1886 | 16 | #556 |
| 1885 | 12 | #629 |
| 1884 | 14 | #556 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 11 | #560 |
| 1881 | 8 | #623 |
| 1880 | 11 | #518 |
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