Beatrice

Beatrice was the #508 girls' name in the US in 2025 (583 babies), and #121 in England & Wales and #55 in Canada.

Beatrice as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Beatrice as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.51018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesIrelandScotlandNorthern IrelandUS
Beatrice as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.02.557.5101880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#508 (583)#121 (401)#324 (10)#397 (3)#304 (13)#55 (413)
2024#579 (520)#114 (425)#476 (6)#407 (3)#294 (14)#53 (407)
2023#587 (511)#121 (409)#395 (8)—#364 (10)#63 (373)
2022#554 (549)#104 (484)#760 (3)—#237 (18)#63 (376)
2021#564 (542)#99 (515)#363 (9)#350 (4)#284 (15)#62 (414)
2020#552 (538)#109 (467)#276 (13)#228 (7)#336 (12)#58 (432)
2019#558 (547)#90 (595)#304 (12)#298 (5)#235 (20)#58 (426)
2018#570 (542)#84 (629)#502 (6)—#336 (13)#58 (432)
2017#559 (548)#84 (628)#264 (15)—#249 (19)#53 (476)
2016#557 (560)#80 (685)#276 (15)#440 (3)#316 (14)#57 (465)
2015#569 (542)#93 (601)#416 (8)#312 (5)#215 (24)#50 (493)
2014#599 (491)#91 (610)#537 (6)#439 (3)#336 (14)#73 (385)
2013#587 (485)#95 (583)#449 (7)#440 (3)#424 (10)#74 (369)
2012#695 (404)#114 (503)#370 (10)#383 (4)#317 (16)#71 (368)
2011#702 (396)#126 (460)#579 (5)#224 (8)#393 (12)#98 (293)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #36.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,800 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 2,800uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 630common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 360common

Next year

On its recent trend, Beatrice is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,600 to 1 in 3,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Beatrice by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #131MEWisconsin: #344WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #174NHWashington: #313WAIdaho: #277IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #250MNIllinois: #575ILMichigan: #394MINew York: #473NYMassachusetts: #284MAOregon: #273ORNevada: #508NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #542INOhio: #430OHPennsylvania: #443PANew Jersey: #447NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #592CAUtah: #330UTColorado: #389CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #418MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #333VAMaryland: #600MDDelaware: #115DEArizona: #676AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #361KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #603TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #688SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #477LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #854GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,062TXFlorida: #598FL
Beatrice (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#8333
Ontario2024#32040

Beatrice (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
BeatriceCanadaGirls#55413
BeatriceEngland & WalesGirls#121401
BeatriceIrelandGirls#30413
BeatriceNorthern IrelandGirls#3973
BeatriceScotlandGirls#32410
BeatriceUSGirls#508583
BeatriceUSBoys—too few