The first name Beulah

In 2025, 6 girls were named Beulah, making it the 3,705th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2024, with 11 births (#2,411).

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

In 2025, 20 girls born in the United States were named Beulah, the 5,949th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1916, when 2,401 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.

• Beulah Bondi
  American actress (1888/1889–1981)
• Beulah Louise Henry
  American business woman and inventor (1887-1973)
• Beulah Marie Dix
  American screenwriter, children's book author (1876-1970)
• Beulah Quo
  Chinese-American actress and activist, 1923–2002
• Beulah Annan
  American suspected murderer (1899–1928)
• Helen Thompson Gaige
  American herpetologist (1890–1976)

• Ava
• Isabella
• Elizabeth
• Jessica
• Maria
• Abigail
• Maya
• Hannah
• Elsie
• Sarah
• Aria
• Molly
• Eliza
• Leah
• Delilah
• Isabel

All 346 names of Hebrew origin

What does the name Beulah mean?

Beulah means “married (woman)” in Hebrew.

What is the origin of the name Beulah?

A biblical name applied to the land of Israel in Isaiah 62:4, from Biblical Hebrew בְּעוּלָה (bəʿûlâ, “married (woman)”), taken up as a given name by Puritans and used figuratively for the New Earth.

How popular is the name Beulah?

In 2025, 6 girls born in England and Wales were named Beulah, ranking 3,705th. Its peak was 2024, with 11 births.

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

Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 73,465 US babies named Beulah since 1880 were girls.

When was Beulah most popular?

1916 in the United States, when 2,401 babies were named Beulah, its highest rank at 97th.

How do you pronounce Beulah?

Beulah is /ˈbjuːlə/, 2 syllables.