Beverly
Girl · BEV-er-lee · English
Beverly is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “beaver stream”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 1,016th for girls in the US (246 babies).
What does Beverly mean?
English: from Beverley, a town in Yorkshire
“beaver stream”
First a boys' name from the Yorkshire town; it became a girls' name after the 1904 novel Beverly of Graustark.
- Say it
- BEV-er-lee
More on Wiktionary.
Is Beverly a girl's or a boy's name?
Beverly is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 246 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Beverly in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Beverly, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Beverly in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Beverly in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 5 | #4,204 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Beverly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,016among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 246about 1 in 6,500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 246 girls in the US were named Beverly, making it the 1,016th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,264th. Its busiest year was 1953, with 11,240 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
2025 had more girls named Beverly than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Beverly in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 254 girls in the US were given Beverly or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #924, up from #1,016 for this spelling alone.
- Beverly 246
- Beverlee 8
Girls were 50% of the babies named Beverly in the US in 1905, and 99% in 1991.
Beverly in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 246 | #1,016 |
| 2024 | 240 | #1,044 |
| 2023 | 204 | #1,174 |
| 2022 | 224 | #1,107 |
| 2021 | 188 | #1,249 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,264 |
| 2019 | 168 | #1,349 |
| 2018 | 176 | #1,292 |
| 2017 | 161 | #1,416 |
| 2016 | 167 | #1,394 |
| 2015 | 155 | #1,477 |
| 2014 | 142 | #1,534 |
| 2013 | 141 | #1,546 |
| 2012 | 125 | #1,685 |
| 2011 | 119 | #1,728 |
| 2010 | 99 | #2,010 |
| 2009 | 138 | #1,620 |
| 2008 | 168 | #1,415 |
| 2007 | 157 | #1,480 |
| 2006 | 183 | #1,291 |
| 2005 | 154 | #1,392 |
| 2004 | 192 | #1,169 |
| 2003 | 175 | #1,211 |
| 2002 | 184 | #1,128 |
| 2001 | 189 | #1,116 |
| 2000 | 183 | #1,111 |
| 1999 | 219 | #946 |
| 1998 | 220 | #935 |
| 1997 | 248 | #834 |
| 1996 | 266 | #782 |
| 1995 | 288 | #716 |
| 1994 | 368 | #608 |
| 1993 | 405 | #581 |
| 1992 | 444 | #532 |
| 1991 | 433 | #540 |
| 1990 | 456 | #523 |
| 1989 | 434 | #532 |
| 1988 | 463 | #487 |
| 1987 | 455 | #476 |
| 1986 | 446 | #481 |
| 1985 | 482 | #451 |
| 1984 | 522 | #406 |
| 1983 | 568 | #388 |
| 1982 | 609 | #377 |
| 1981 | 675 | #347 |
| 1980 | 721 | #334 |
| 1979 | 713 | #328 |
| 1978 | 824 | #280 |
| 1977 | 862 | #276 |
| 1976 | 931 | #255 |
| 1975 | 1,009 | #245 |
| 1974 | 1,205 | #209 |
| 1973 | 1,347 | #192 |
| 1972 | 1,568 | #185 |
| 1971 | 1,988 | #160 |
| 1970 | 2,248 | #150 |
| 1969 | 2,404 | #141 |
| 1968 | 2,590 | #122 |
| 1967 | 3,003 | #112 |
| 1966 | 3,219 | #109 |
| 1965 | 3,770 | #101 |
| 1964 | 4,606 | #91 |
| 1963 | 5,280 | #81 |
| 1962 | 6,266 | #69 |
| 1961 | 6,708 | #66 |
| 1960 | 7,392 | #60 |
| 1959 | 7,796 | #55 |
| 1958 | 7,679 | #55 |
| 1957 | 8,560 | #48 |
| 1956 | 9,449 | #40 |
| 1955 | 10,001 | #34 |
| 1954 | 11,155 | #31 |
| 1953 | 11,240 | #34 |
| 1952 | 10,547 | #35 |
| 1951 | 10,860 | #33 |
| 1950 | 10,503 | #31 |
| 1949 | 10,552 | #31 |
| 1948 | 10,795 | #31 |
| 1947 | 11,205 | #31 |
| 1946 | 10,430 | #30 |
| 1945 | 7,618 | #37 |
| 1944 | 8,292 | #35 |
| 1943 | 9,435 | #32 |
| 1942 | 9,411 | #32 |
| 1941 | 8,727 | #29 |
| 1940 | 8,657 | #27 |
| 1939 | 8,706 | #25 |
| 1938 | 9,770 | #18 |
| 1937 | 9,634 | #14 |
| 1936 | 8,901 | #17 |
| 1935 | 7,992 | #20 |
| 1934 | 7,886 | #22 |
| 1933 | 7,186 | #26 |
| 1932 | 7,527 | #28 |
| 1931 | 6,789 | #31 |
| 1930 | 6,455 | #34 |
| 1929 | 5,862 | #39 |
| 1928 | 5,437 | #46 |
| 1927 | 4,932 | #57 |
| 1926 | 3,775 | #74 |
| 1925 | 2,668 | #105 |
| 1924 | 2,283 | #121 |
| 1923 | 1,737 | #144 |
| 1922 | 1,411 | #163 |
| 1921 | 1,160 | #186 |
| 1920 | 940 | #207 |
| 1919 | 684 | #243 |
| 1918 | 706 | #241 |
| 1917 | 630 | #247 |
| 1916 | 495 | #272 |
| 1915 | 311 | #338 |
| 1914 | 142 | #459 |
| 1913 | 103 | #502 |
| 1912 | 88 | #515 |
| 1911 | 60 | #542 |
| 1910 | 56 | #543 |
| 1909 | 35 | #669 |
| 1908 | 32 | #678 |
| 1907 | 26 | #739 |
| 1906 | 31 | #642 |
| 1905 | 16 | #926 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,001 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 12 | #1,024 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 13 | #1,052 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
Nicknames for Beverly
- Bev
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