first name
BEATRICE
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 58,355 people named Beatrice, 48% reported their origin as White, 25% as Black and 21.4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Beatrice peaked in 1921, when 5,994 babies got the name.
At least 195,653 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Beatrice by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #61. The largest share of babies named Beatrice, 51.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Beatrice is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Beatrice has been most common in Vermont (2.3×), Mississippi (2.2×), and Maine (2×), and least common in Utah (0.27×).
165,557 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Beatrice
Spelled almost the same
6 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Beatrice, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Beatrice ranks #24,658 of 156,621, with 1,056 people. See Beatrice as a last name
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