Beatrice

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Beatrice is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one". Beatrice is also the Italian language version of Beatrix. The Spanish and Portuguese form is Beatriz.

From Wikipedia

Beatrice first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1921 with 5,968 babies (rank #41 that year). In 2024 it was given to 518 girls (rank #579). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Beatrice

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Beatrice yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
2Soul urgeThe peacemakerDiplomatic, sensitive, partnership-minded.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
7PersonalityThe seekerIntrospective, analytical, drawn to the unknown.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

195,064

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

5,968

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Shakespeare: Beatrice — Much Ado About Nothing

Famous people named Beatrice

Beatrice Straightfilm actor · b. 1914
Beatrice Chebetathletics competitor · b. 2000
Beatrice Webbsuffragist · b. 1858
Beatrice Tinsleyuniversity teacher · b. 1941
Beatrice of Naplesqueen regnant · b. 1457

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	87	#154
1881	87	#156
1882	123	#144
1883	126	#146
1884	167	#136
1885	188	#133
1886	192	#137
1887	262	#116
1888	316	#116
1889	352	#108
1890	417	#98
1891	485	#91
1892	541	#90
1893	564	#85
1894	684	#76
1895	814	#73
1896	870	#70
1897	942	#68
1898	1,122	#60
1899	1,061	#56
1900	1,382	#56
1901	1,183	#53
1902	1,429	#49
1903	1,439	#49
1904	1,549	#45
1905	1,661	#45
1906	1,679	#45
1907	1,858	#44
1908	1,997	#40
1909	2,105	#38
1910	2,459	#36
1911	2,522	#37
1912	3,205	#37
1913	3,567	#37
1914	4,232	#38
1915	5,342	#37
1916	5,586	#38
1917	5,839	#39
1918	5,907	#40
1919	5,856	#41
1920	5,804	#41
1921	5,968	#41
1922	5,476	#43
1923	5,464	#46
1924	5,271	#50
1925	4,992	#50
1926	4,518	#58
1927	4,240	#67
1928	3,923	#70
1929	3,574	#72
1930	3,390	#76
1931	2,844	#85
1932	2,787	#87
1933	2,410	#94
1934	2,410	#99
1935	2,243	#107
1936	1,955	#121
1937	1,987	#120
1938	1,910	#125
1939	1,778	#136
1940	1,730	#140
1941	1,665	#143
1942	1,771	#146
1943	1,756	#152
1944	1,579	#156
1945	1,358	#170
1946	1,463	#180
1947	1,465	#188
1948	1,433	#191
1949	1,340	#203
1950	1,271	#210
1951	1,283	#214
1952	1,223	#225
1953	1,095	#243
1954	1,083	#248
1955	1,038	#259
1956	1,007	#270
1957	984	#284
1958	876	#304
1959	885	#310
1960	910	#311
1961	768	#341
1962	737	#349
1963	718	#354
1964	651	#373
1965	640	#358
1966	602	#369
1967	503	#417
1968	493	#426
1969	438	#462
1970	423	#478
1971	428	#467
1972	310	#537
1973	327	#519
1974	317	#527
1975	322	#536
1976	282	#582
1977	284	#599
1978	293	#585
1979	280	#625
1980	287	#635
1981	338	#550
1982	289	#622
1983	257	#669
1984	235	#705
1985	294	#632
1986	258	#701
1987	209	#837
1988	287	#671
1989	303	#670
1990	290	#720
1991	306	#696
1992	286	#740
1993	266	#775
1994	224	#872
1995	198	#950
1996	215	#913
1997	182	#1,050
1998	220	#936
1999	196	#1,035
2000	218	#970
2001	218	#985
2002	190	#1,107
2003	210	#1,065
2004	234	#1,008
2005	213	#1,111
2006	272	#961
2007	308	#896
2008	338	#837
2009	327	#851
2010	321	#837
2011	396	#702
2012	404	#697
2013	485	#587
2014	491	#599
2015	542	#569
2016	560	#557
2017	548	#559
2018	542	#570
2019	547	#556
2020	538	#552
2021	542	#564
2022	548	#554
2023	509	#588
2024	518	#579