# Beryl (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/beryl/  
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 | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “little bear” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Berel |
| US babies named this | 12,468 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,338 / 10,130 (81% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 110, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From beryl or an anglicization of Yiddish בערל (berl, literally “little bear”).

## What it means

Beryl is grouped under bear.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 17,952 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10,553 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,197 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,379 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,123 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,030 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,017 |
| 2017 | 14 | 7,911 |
| 2018 | 9 | 10,699 |
| 2019 | 8 | 11,536 |
| 2020 | 9 | 10,385 |
| 2022 | 9 | 10,527 |
| 2023 | 9 | 10,450 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,283 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,101 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 16 | 2,040 |
| 1963 | 12 | 2,429 |
| 1964 | 10 | 2,680 |
| 1965 | 9 | 2,800 |
| 1966 | 9 | 2,802 |
| 1967 | 12 | 2,365 |
| 1968 | 10 | 2,749 |
| 1969 | 12 | 2,562 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,794 |
| 1971 | 8 | 3,695 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,176 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,897 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,558 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,343 |
| 1989 | 5 | 8,024 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,609 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,925 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 7 | 3,318 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Beryl

- Beryl Bainbridge, English writer (1932–2010)
- Beryl Clutterbuck Markham, British writer, aviator, adventurer, racehorse trainer (1902–1986)
- Beryl Penrose, Australian tennis player (1930–2021)
- Beryl Reid, British actress (1919–1996)
- Beryl Mercer, actress (1882–1939)
- Beryl Burton, English racing cyclist (1937-1996)
- Béryl Gastaldello, French swimmer
- Beryl Korot, American artist (born 1945)
- Beryl Cook, British artist (1926-2008)
- Beryl Grey, British ballet dancer (1927–2022)
- Pamela Harriman, American diplomat (1920-1997)
- Margaret Clunies Ross, Australian scholar of Old Norse literature

## 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.