Beulah

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Beulah, a feminine given name, originated from the Hebrew word, used in the Book of Isaiah as a prophesied attribute of the land of Israel. The King James Bible transliterates the word and translates it as "married".

From Wikipedia

Beulah first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 144 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1916 with 2,401 babies (rank #97 that year). In 2024 it was given to 26 girls (rank #5,028). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Beulah

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

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
9Soul urgeThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
4PersonalityThe builderPractical, steady, gets results through hard work.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

73,445

Total babies (all years)

144

Years in the data

2,401

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Beulah

Beulah Bondifilm actor · b. 1888

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	131	#123
1881	162	#112
1882	190	#112
1883	217	#107
1884	233	#113
1885	309	#96
1886	345	#98
1887	355	#90
1888	426	#95
1889	498	#81
1890	573	#79
1891	526	#81
1892	638	#77
1893	622	#80
1894	675	#79
1895	760	#74
1896	750	#77
1897	688	#81
1898	783	#82
1899	770	#76
1900	974	#78
1901	859	#74
1902	873	#77
1903	920	#72
1904	983	#72
1905	968	#77
1906	980	#75
1907	1,092	#73
1908	1,015	#82
1909	1,052	#80
1910	1,131	#82
1911	1,244	#79
1912	1,607	#80
1913	1,641	#85
1914	1,775	#96
1915	2,268	#95
1916	2,401	#97
1917	2,232	#102
1918	2,363	#104
1919	2,212	#108
1920	2,376	#109
1921	2,313	#116
1922	2,097	#124
1923	2,050	#129
1924	2,006	#138
1925	1,777	#143
1926	1,650	#148
1927	1,657	#145
1928	1,421	#154
1929	1,279	#161
1930	1,210	#168
1931	1,063	#173
1932	999	#184
1933	896	#189
1934	931	#191
1935	845	#202
1936	743	#221
1937	719	#225
1938	689	#237
1939	574	#259
1940	621	#253
1941	554	#270
1942	508	#306
1943	503	#310
1944	462	#315
1945	392	#347
1946	353	#408
1947	371	#424
1948	327	#439
1949	317	#448
1950	288	#478
1951	233	#552
1952	201	#620
1953	182	#665
1954	195	#657
1955	153	#776
1956	138	#845
1957	142	#851
1958	131	#892
1959	117	#978
1960	80	#1,221
1961	95	#1,126
1962	88	#1,167
1963	92	#1,141
1964	78	#1,246
1965	62	#1,394
1966	46	#1,647
1967	65	#1,363
1968	28	#2,301
1969	37	#2,060
1970	50	#1,782
1971	35	#2,255
1972	26	#2,687
1973	27	#2,634
1974	33	#2,350
1975	23	#3,065
1976	26	#2,871
1977	20	#3,620
1978	27	#2,945
1979	19	#3,920
1980	21	#3,733
1981	20	#3,872
1982	20	#3,909
1983	17	#4,301
1984	19	#4,012
1985	17	#4,474
1986	12	#5,790
1987	11	#6,384
1988	16	#5,085
1989	16	#5,321
1990	14	#6,160
1991	12	#7,017
1992	7	#10,612
1993	5	#13,702
1994	10	#8,202
1995	9	#8,860
1996	7	#10,715
1997	9	#9,120
1998	5	#14,438
1999	6	#12,906
2000	7	#11,963
2001	7	#12,258
2002	10	#9,587
2003	5	#16,131
2004	12	#8,804
2005	9	#11,058
2006	9	#11,589
2007	7	#14,155
2008	7	#14,075
2009	6	#15,544
2010	5	#17,439
2012	12	#9,198
2013	14	#8,205
2014	11	#9,637
2015	14	#8,075
2016	16	#7,307
2017	17	#6,855
2018	17	#6,845
2019	29	#4,670
2020	11	#9,043
2021	17	#6,734
2022	9	#10,521
2023	21	#5,781
2024	26	#5,028