first name
BEVERLEY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 10,730 people named Beverley, 68.1% reported their origin as White, 25.5% as Black and 3.4% as two or more races. 98.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Beverley peaked in 1938, when 414 babies got the name.
At least 13,469 babies have been given the name since 1912. 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.
Beverley by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #619. The largest share of babies named Beverley, 47.7%, were born between 1928 and 1945, the Silent 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 Beverley is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Beverley has been most common in Vermont (3.2×), Virginia (3.1×), and West Virginia (2.6×), and least common in Florida (0.22×).
9,933 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 Beverley
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Beverley, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Beverley ranks #22,081 of 156,621, with 1,199 people. See Beverley as a last name
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