first name
BEVERLY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 249,640 people named Beverly, 78.9% reported their origin as White, 15% as Black and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Beverly peaked in 1953, when 11,287 babies got the name.
At least 383,193 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.
Beverly by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #43. The largest share of babies named Beverly, 44.9%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Beverly is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Beverly has been most common in Vermont (2.2×), North Dakota (2.1×), and South Dakota (2.1×), and least common in Nevada (0.3×).
376,645 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 Beverly
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Beverly, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Beverly ranks #3,062 of 156,621, with 11,435 people. See Beverly as a last name
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