# Beatrix (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/beatrix/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Beats |
| US babies named this | 4,110 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,110 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4,490, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A Latinate variant of the standard English Beatrice.

## 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 | 135 | 1,603 |
| 2012 | 146 | 1,519 |
| 2013 | 207 | 1,161 |
| 2014 | 179 | 1,323 |
| 2015 | 213 | 1,184 |
| 2016 | 212 | 1,179 |
| 2017 | 216 | 1,149 |
| 2018 | 211 | 1,150 |
| 2019 | 262 | 984 |
| 2020 | 200 | 1,166 |
| 2021 | 220 | 1,122 |
| 2022 | 196 | 1,230 |
| 2023 | 160 | 1,403 |
| 2024 | 166 | 1,370 |
| 2025 | 162 | 1,360 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 161 | 303 |
| 2012 | 183 | 272 |
| 2013 | 200 | 247 |
| 2014 | 210 | 234 |
| 2015 | 258 | 207 |
| 2016 | 330 | 168 |
| 2017 | 360 | 152 |
| 2018 | 344 | 153 |
| 2019 | 308 | 164 |
| 2020 | 310 | 164 |
| 2021 | 314 | 164 |
| 2022 | 264 | 193 |
| 2023 | 223 | 214 |
| 2024 | 209 | 227 |
| 2025 | 173 | 265 |

## People named Beatrix

- Beatrix Potter, British children's writer and illustrator (1866–1943)
- Archduchess Maria Beatrix of Austria-Este, Austro-Modenese Royal (1824-1906)
- Beatrix Loughran, figure skater (1900-1975)
- Beatrix Schröer, East German rower
- Beatrix de Courtenay, 1180 - after 1245
- Beatrix Farrand, American landscape architect (1872–1959)
- Beatrix Campbell, English writer and activist
- Beatrix Karl, Austrian politician
- Beatrix of Andechs-Merania, Duchess of Andechs-Merania by birth and by marriage Countess of Weimar-Orlamünde
- Beatrix of Julich-Berg, Electress Palatine from 1385 to 1390
- Alexandra Feodorovna (Alix of Hesse), Empress consort of Russia (1872–1918)
- Beatrice of Savoy, Countess consort of Provence (c.1198–c.1267)

## 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.