The first name Beryl

In 2025, 6 girls were named Beryl, making it the 3,705th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2007, with 11 births (#2,085).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Beryl with other names.

In 2025, 8 girls born in the United States were named Beryl, the 11,101st most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1920, when 311 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• 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, born 1995
• 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, born 1942

What does the name Beryl mean?

Beryl means “little bear”.

How popular is the name Beryl?

In 2025, 6 girls born in England and Wales were named Beryl, ranking 3,705th. Its peak was 2007, with 11 births.

Is Beryl a boy's or a girl's name?

Both. Of the 12,468 US babies named Beryl since 1880, 81% were girls and 19% boys.

When was Beryl most popular?

1920 in the United States, when 311 babies were named Beryl, its highest rank at 374th.

What are other spellings of Beryl?

Berel.