# Beverley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/beverley/  
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 | English |
| Meaning | “beaver”, “clearing”, “lea” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛvə(ɹ)li/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Beverly |
| US babies named this | 13,469 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 407 / 13,062 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 304, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English befer (“beaver”) + lēah (“clearing”). Equivalent to Beaver + -ley (“lea”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 17,731 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,313 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,382 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,973 |
| 2015 | 5 | 16,873 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,115 |
| 2017 | 8 | 11,825 |
| 2018 | 10 | 9,941 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,611 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,360 |
| 2021 | 8 | 11,290 |
| 2022 | 12 | 8,622 |
| 2023 | 13 | 8,129 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12,373 |
| 2025 | 12 | 8,445 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | 7 | 2,890 |
| 1939 | 8 | 2,626 |
| 1940 | 9 | 2,500 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,554 |
| 1942 | 8 | 2,733 |
| 1943 | 13 | 2,082 |
| 1946 | 7 | 2,943 |
| 1947 | 11 | 2,378 |
| 1948 | 5 | 3,727 |
| 1949 | 7 | 3,050 |
| 1951 | 5 | 3,764 |
| 1952 | 6 | 3,402 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,121 |
| 1962 | 5 | 4,095 |
| 1963 | 6 | 3,684 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 22 | 1,121 |
| 2006 | 10 | 2,137 |
| 2007 | 20 | 1,337 |
| 2008 | 22 | 1,302 |
| 2009 | 7 | 3,031 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Beverley

- Beverley Mitchell, American actress
- Beverley Whitfield, Australian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1954-1996)
- Beverley Allitt, English serial killer
- Beverley Owen, American actress (1937–2019)
- Beverley Goddard, British athlete
- Beverley Knight, British soul singer, songwriter and record producer
- Beverley Craven, British singer-songwriter
- Beverley McLachlin, 17th Chief Justice of Canada
- Beverley Nichols, Author, playwright, journalist, composer (1898-1983)
- Beverley Randolph, American politician (1765-1797)
- Beverley Dunn, Australian set director
- Beverley Callard, British actress

## 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.