Bea

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Bea is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 88 births. Its best rank was 834th, in 1908.

Rank in 2024: —outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024: 880.01% of girls
Peak year: 202488 births
Best rank: #834in 1908
Since 1883: 2,256people given the name

Babies named Bea, by year of birthgirls

The story in the numbers

2,256 girls have been named Bea in the United States since 1883, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 88 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 2020s alone account for 14%. It has spent 5 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among girls, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	girls named Bea
1880s	21
1890s	38
1900s	117
1910s	224
1920s	228
1930s	216
1940s	262
1950s	169
1960s	162
1970s	27
1980s	14
1990s	13
2000s	116
2010s	324
2020s	325

In 2024, its biggest year

Bea was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2024 were Olivia, Emma, Amelia, Charlotte and Mia. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Bea

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.