Beverley
Girl
Beverley is a girls' name, meaning “beaver”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Beverley mean?
“beaver”
A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Beverley a girl's or a boy's name?
Beverley is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Beverley in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 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, 6 girls in the UK were named Beverley, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 28 girls.
2025 had more girls named Beverley than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Beverley in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2008. 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: 1954 (#75), 1964 (#41) and 1974 (#90).
Beverley in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,582 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 22 | #1,390 |
| 2007 | 20 | #1,421 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 23 | #1,172 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 22 | #1,125 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 24 | #987 |
| 1999 | 20 | #1,103 |
| 1998 | 25 | #955 |
| 1997 | 28 | #870 |
| 1996 | 28 | #855 |
How popular is Beverley in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Beverley, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1938, with 407 girls. It first appears in the records in 1912.
Half of all the girls named Beverley in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1952, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 66% of the babies named Beverley in the US in 1915, and 95% in 1963.
Beverley in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,504 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 24 | #3,001 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,259 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 42 | #1,946 |
| 1971 | 40 | #2,064 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,546 |
| 1968 | 64 | #1,406 |
| 1967 | 65 | #1,360 |
| 1966 | 68 | #1,312 |
| 1965 | 74 | #1,252 |
| 1964 | 121 | #955 |
| 1963 | 104 | #1,052 |
| 1962 | 131 | #925 |
| 1961 | 139 | #916 |
| 1960 | 171 | #782 |
| 1959 | 167 | #789 |
| 1958 | 206 | #685 |
| 1957 | 236 | #637 |
| 1956 | 231 | #629 |
| 1955 | 237 | #598 |
| 1954 | 253 | #556 |
| 1953 | 249 | #553 |
| 1952 | 251 | #538 |
| 1951 | 277 | #491 |
| 1950 | 283 | #481 |
| 1949 | 265 | #497 |
| 1948 | 313 | #452 |
| 1947 | 373 | #421 |
| 1946 | 352 | #412 |
| 1945 | 286 | #420 |
| 1944 | 367 | #364 |
| 1943 | 394 | #363 |
| 1942 | 377 | #360 |
| 1941 | 348 | #355 |
| 1940 | 350 | #343 |
| 1939 | 341 | #344 |
| 1938 | 407 | #309 |
| 1937 | 371 | #322 |
| 1936 | 370 | #317 |
| 1935 | 350 | #341 |
| 1934 | 347 | #341 |
| 1933 | 310 | #356 |
| 1932 | 337 | #345 |
| 1931 | 318 | #361 |
| 1930 | 360 | #350 |
| 1929 | 315 | #378 |
| 1928 | 321 | #378 |
| 1927 | 272 | #418 |
| 1926 | 227 | #448 |
| 1925 | 187 | #516 |
| 1924 | 147 | #619 |
| 1923 | 131 | #642 |
| 1922 | 98 | #734 |
| 1921 | 93 | #757 |
| 1920 | 72 | #850 |
| 1919 | 58 | #925 |
| 1918 | 66 | #879 |
| 1917 | 48 | #1,013 |
| 1916 | 28 | #1,380 |
| 1915 | 25 | #1,439 |
| 1914 | 6 | #3,187 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
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