Beverly

Primarily a girl's name · 99% girls

Meaning

Beverly or Beverley is a name and surname. It is derived from an English surname, which was in turn taken from the place name Beverley. The place name derives from Old English, combining befer and leah.

From Wikipedia

Beverly first appears in the data in 1893 and has been recorded in 129 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1953 with 11,240 babies (rank #34 that year). In 2024 it was given to 239 girls (rank #1,046). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Beverly

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

8Destiny numberThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
8Soul urgeThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

382,945

Total babies (all years)

129

Years in the data

11,240

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Famous people named Beverly

Beverly Sillsautobiographer · b. 1929
Beverly D'Angelofilm actor · b. 1951
Beverly Aadlandfilm actor · b. 1942
Beverly Clearyautobiographer · b. 1916

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1893	5	#1,463
1897	5	#1,577
1898	6	#1,526
1899	5	#1,632
1900	13	#1,057
1901	5	#1,711
1902	12	#1,031
1903	9	#1,217
1904	13	#1,008
1905	16	#933
1906	31	#647
1907	26	#739
1908	32	#679
1909	35	#670
1910	56	#543
1911	60	#543
1912	88	#515
1913	103	#502
1914	142	#459
1915	311	#338
1916	495	#272
1917	630	#247
1918	706	#241
1919	684	#243
1920	940	#207
1921	1,160	#186
1922	1,411	#163
1923	1,737	#144
1924	2,283	#121
1925	2,668	#105
1926	3,775	#74
1927	4,932	#57
1928	5,437	#46
1929	5,862	#39
1930	6,455	#34
1931	6,789	#31
1932	7,527	#28
1933	7,185	#26
1934	7,887	#22
1935	7,992	#20
1936	8,901	#17
1937	9,632	#14
1938	9,770	#18
1939	8,704	#25
1940	8,658	#27
1941	8,727	#29
1942	9,411	#32
1943	9,435	#32
1944	8,292	#35
1945	7,618	#37
1946	10,430	#30
1947	11,205	#31
1948	10,796	#31
1949	10,552	#31
1950	10,504	#31
1951	10,858	#33
1952	10,547	#35
1953	11,240	#34
1954	11,155	#31
1955	10,001	#34
1956	9,450	#40
1957	8,560	#48
1958	7,679	#55
1959	7,795	#55
1960	7,393	#60
1961	6,708	#66
1962	6,266	#69
1963	5,280	#81
1964	4,606	#91
1965	3,771	#101
1966	3,219	#109
1967	3,003	#112
1968	2,590	#122
1969	2,404	#141
1970	2,248	#150
1971	1,988	#160
1972	1,568	#185
1973	1,347	#192
1974	1,206	#208
1975	1,010	#244
1976	932	#255
1977	862	#276
1978	824	#280
1979	713	#328
1980	721	#334
1981	675	#347
1982	609	#377
1983	568	#388
1984	522	#406
1985	482	#451
1986	446	#481
1987	455	#476
1988	463	#487
1989	434	#532
1990	456	#524
1991	433	#539
1992	444	#532
1993	405	#581
1994	368	#608
1995	288	#717
1996	266	#782
1997	248	#834
1998	220	#937
1999	219	#948
2000	183	#1,114
2001	189	#1,118
2002	184	#1,129
2003	175	#1,212
2004	192	#1,171
2005	154	#1,395
2006	183	#1,291
2007	157	#1,481
2008	168	#1,416
2009	138	#1,620
2010	99	#2,011
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	175	#1,300
2019	168	#1,349
2020	177	#1,267
2021	188	#1,249
2022	224	#1,106
2023	202	#1,185
2024	239	#1,046