NameTides

Bea

Bea was the #2,214 girls' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #816 in England & Wales and #750 in Canada.

Bea as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Bea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUS
Bea as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#2,214 (83)#816 (44)#632 (4)#608 (5)#750 (39)
2024#2,134 (89)#1,097 (31)—#372 (10)#753 (39)
2023#2,494 (71)#813 (44)#540 (5)#495 (7)#773 (36)
2022#2,720 (63)#963 (36)#760 (3)#559 (6)#1,056 (24)
2021#3,037 (54)#747 (50)#792 (3)#883 (3)#974 (28)
2020#3,141 (50)#840 (43)——#1,295 (18)
2019#3,272 (48)#703 (55)——#1,067 (24)
2018#3,201 (50)#1,035 (34)—#629 (5)#1,122 (22)
2017#3,996 (37)#1,144 (30)#808 (3)—#1,784 (12)
2016#3,326 (48)#1,241 (27)—#476 (8)#1,533 (15)
2015#5,288 (25)#1,405 (23)—#751 (4)#2,179 (9)
2014#3,848 (39)#1,411 (22)#681 (4)#876 (3)—
2013#5,644 (23)#959 (38)#663 (4)—#2,595 (7)
2012#5,895 (22)#1,720 (17)——#2,601 (7)
2011#7,783 (15)#1,729 (16)——#2,009 (10)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1908 at #829.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 4,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 4,200uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bea is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 16,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 13,000 to 1 in 18,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bea by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,526NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,210TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Bea (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#20628

Bea (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BeaCanadaGirls#75039
BeaEngland & WalesGirls#81644
BeaIrelandGirls#6085
BeaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BeaScotlandGirls#6324
BeaUSGirls#2,21483