How rare is the name Beryl?

6,009 people in the United States have the first name Beryl, about 1 in 50,263. It ranks #3,457 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BERYL

#3,457

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,009
About
1 in 50,263
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,009 people named Beryl, 65.5% reported their origin as White, 25.6% as Black and 4.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 88.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Beryl peaked in 1920, when 379 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1920
Births that year
379
In 2025*
8 ▼98%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 12,468 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.

Beryl by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1900s, when it ranked #620. The largest share of babies named Beryl, 42.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#957163
1890s#709401
1900s#620746
1910s#6632,282
1920s#7322,876
1930s#8312,053
1940s#1,0881,588
1950s#1,4621,294
1960s#2,501535
1970s#6,900134
1980s#8,862121
1990s#13,72491
2000s#24,58146
2010s#17,31495
2020s#19,62043
Before 19015%
Greatest Generation 1901–2742.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4527.6%
Baby boom 1946–6418.8%
Generation X 1965–802.5%
Millennials 1981–961.5%
Generation Z 1997–120.6%
2013 and later0.9%

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 Beryl is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Beryl has been most common in Louisiana (5×), Maine (4.7×), and Iowa (3×), and least common in North Carolina (0.21×).

6,090 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 Beryl

#3,455 Jaylyn · 6,015#3,456 Anisa · 6,013#3,458 Marques · 6,006#3,459 Adria · 6,005

Spelled almost the same

3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Beryl, most common first.

#20,881 Berl · 491#36,633 Beryle · 216#38,294 Berel · 201

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