# Beverly (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/beverly/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Bevo |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 383,193 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,632 / 378,561 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 104, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

A variant spelling of Beverley.

## 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 | 119 | 1,731 |
| 2012 | 125 | 1,685 |
| 2013 | 141 | 1,547 |
| 2014 | 142 | 1,536 |
| 2015 | 155 | 1,480 |
| 2016 | 167 | 1,396 |
| 2017 | 161 | 1,417 |
| 2018 | 176 | 1,293 |
| 2019 | 168 | 1,350 |
| 2020 | 177 | 1,267 |
| 2021 | 188 | 1,251 |
| 2022 | 224 | 1,107 |
| 2023 | 204 | 1,174 |
| 2024 | 240 | 1,045 |
| 2025 | 246 | 1,018 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 15 | 2,436 |
| 1973 | 11 | 3,035 |
| 1974 | 11 | 3,149 |
| 1975 | 9 | 3,684 |
| 1976 | 11 | 3,286 |
| 1977 | 8 | 4,211 |
| 1979 | 7 | 4,898 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,068 |
| 1984 | 6 | 5,638 |
| 1985 | 9 | 4,365 |
| 1986 | 7 | 5,394 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,069 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,515 |
| 1989 | 9 | 5,206 |
| 1991 | 5 | 8,341 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 7 | 3,005 |
| 2009 | 4 | 4,564 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Beverly

- Beverly Sills, American operatic soprano (1929-2007)
- Beverly D'Angelo, American actress (born 1951)
- Beverly Aadland, American film actress (1942-2010)
- Beverly Cleary, American writer of children's books (1916–2021)
- Beverly Garland, American actress (1926–2008)
- Beverly Johnson, American model and actress
- Beverly McDonald, Athletics (sport) competitor
- Beverly Pepper, American artist (1922-2020)
- Beverly Adams, actress, author
- Beverly Archer, actress from the United States
- Beverly Bayne, American actress (1894–1982)
- Beverly Wills, actress (1933-1963)

## 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.