# Bea (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bea/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /biː/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,342 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,342 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 639, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 7,855 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,927 |
| 2013 | 23 | 5,674 |
| 2014 | 39 | 3,856 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,316 |
| 2016 | 48 | 3,335 |
| 2017 | 37 | 4,010 |
| 2018 | 50 | 3,209 |
| 2019 | 48 | 3,283 |
| 2020 | 50 | 3,150 |
| 2021 | 54 | 3,040 |
| 2022 | 63 | 2,724 |
| 2023 | 71 | 2,497 |
| 2024 | 89 | 2,137 |
| 2025 | 83 | 2,218 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 1,729 |
| 2012 | 17 | 1,720 |
| 2013 | 38 | 959 |
| 2014 | 22 | 1,411 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 30 | 1,144 |
| 2018 | 34 | 1,035 |
| 2019 | 55 | 703 |
| 2020 | 43 | 840 |
| 2021 | 50 | 747 |
| 2022 | 36 | 963 |
| 2023 | 44 | 813 |
| 2024 | 31 | 1,097 |
| 2025 | 44 | 816 |

## In other languages

- French: Béa

## People named Bea

- Bea Arthur, American actress and comedienne (1922–2009)
- Bea Benaderet, American actress (1906–1968)
- Bea Alonzo, Filipino actress
- Bea Rose Santiago, Binibining Pilipinas-International 2013
- Bea Wain, American jazz musician (1917–2017)
- Bea Binene, Filipino actress
- Bea Johnson, Franco-American environmentalist
- Bea Segura, Catalan actress
- Esthero, Canadian singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.