# Beatrice (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/beatrice/  
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 | Latin |
| Meaning | “she who makes happy”, “female wayfarer”, “traveller” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbiətɹɪs/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | Bea, Bee, Tris |
| Variant spellings | Beats |
| US babies named this | 195,653 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 733 / 194,920 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,707, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Either 1) from the Latin Beatrix, name of early Christian saints, from beatrix (“she who makes happy”), or 2) from beata, influenced by viatrix (“female wayfarer, traveller”).

## What it means

Beatrice is grouped under joy.

## 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 | 396 | 702 |
| 2012 | 404 | 697 |
| 2013 | 485 | 587 |
| 2014 | 491 | 599 |
| 2015 | 542 | 570 |
| 2016 | 560 | 557 |
| 2017 | 548 | 559 |
| 2018 | 542 | 570 |
| 2019 | 547 | 558 |
| 2020 | 538 | 552 |
| 2021 | 542 | 564 |
| 2022 | 549 | 554 |
| 2023 | 511 | 587 |
| 2024 | 520 | 579 |
| 2025 | 583 | 508 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1936 | 12 | 2,070 |
| 1937 | 12 | 2,094 |
| 1938 | 16 | 1,746 |
| 1939 | 17 | 1,644 |
| 1940 | 10 | 2,337 |
| 1941 | 10 | 2,342 |
| 1942 | 15 | 1,871 |
| 1943 | 14 | 1,990 |
| 1944 | 8 | 2,650 |
| 1947 | 8 | 2,889 |
| 1950 | 5 | 3,728 |
| 1955 | 9 | 2,779 |
| 1956 | 9 | 2,811 |
| 1960 | 6 | 3,691 |
| 1989 | 8 | 5,683 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 460 | 126 |
| 2012 | 503 | 114 |
| 2013 | 583 | 95 |
| 2014 | 610 | 91 |
| 2015 | 601 | 93 |
| 2016 | 685 | 80 |
| 2017 | 628 | 84 |
| 2018 | 629 | 84 |
| 2019 | 595 | 90 |
| 2020 | 467 | 109 |
| 2021 | 515 | 99 |
| 2022 | 484 | 104 |
| 2023 | 409 | 121 |
| 2024 | 425 | 114 |
| 2025 | 401 | 121 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Beatriu
- Dutch: Beatrijs, Beatrix
- Esperanto: Beatrica
- French: Béatrice
- German: Beatrix
- Greek: Βεατρίκη
- Italian: Beatrice
- Latin: Beātrīx
- Latvian: Beatrise
- Polish: Beata
- Portuguese: Beatriz
- Russian: Беатри́са, Беатри́с
- Scottish Gaelic: Beitris
- Spanish: Beatriz
- Swedish: Beatrice
- Welsh: Betrys

## People named Beatrice

- Princess Beatrice of York, elder daughter of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor and Sarah Ferguson
- Beatrice Straight, American actress (1914-2001)
- Beatrice Webb, English sociologist, economist, socialist, and social reformer (1858–1943)
- Beatrice d’Este, duchess of Milan and Bari
- Beatrice of Provence, Countess of Provence and Forcalquier (c.1229–1267)
- Princess Beatrice of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, British princess (1884-1966)
- Infanta Beatrice, Duchess of Viseu, Duchess of Viseu, was the only female governor of the Order of Christ
- Beatrice Rosen, French-American actress (born 1977)
- Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-born British actress (1894–1989)
- Beatrice of France, (938-1003)
- Beatrice of Bourbon, Queen of Bohemia, Bohemian queen
- Beatrice Wood, American artist (1893-1998)

## 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.