Beatrice

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Beatrice: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Beatrice: Recorded since 1956, it reached #80 in 2016, and it stood at #304 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
145times a registrar ranked it
70years from first to last
#80highest recorded position
27groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#304
1997	#271
1998	#237
1999	#270
2000	#277
2001	#271
2002	#258
2003	#249
2004	#224
2005	#185
2006	#163
2007	#133
2008	#132
2009	#129
2010	#116
2011	#126
2012	#114
2013	#95
2014	#91
2015	#93
2016	#80
2017	#84
2018	#84
2019	#90
2020	#109
2021	#99
2022	#104
2023	#121
2024	#114

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 52 of the 70 years from 1956 to 2025.

In 2025: #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #461 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1956–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1956
First recorded at #431 among girls in Norway in 1956 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #80 among girls in England and Wales, in 2016 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #461 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Beatrice appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 52 years beginning in 1956, and has registered 384 births with the name.

Beatrice across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Beatrice's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#431 (1956)	#299 (1997)	#461 (2025)	52 of 70	384 (1956–2025)	13 (1997)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#234 (1964)	#215 (2015)	#304 (2025)	50 of 62	494 (1964–2025)	24 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#304 (1996)	#80 (2016)	#114 (2024)	29 of 29	11,306 (1996–2024)	685 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#344 (1999)	#224 (2011)	#407 (2024)	13 of 26	54 (1999–2024)	8 (2011)

Beatrice by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Beatrice in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	4	1 of 10	4
1960s	16	2 of 10	8
1970s	68	10 of 10	7
1980s	43	7 of 10	6
1990sbusiest	79	8 of 10	10
2000s	84	10 of 10	8
2010s	64	10 of 10	6
2020s	26	4 of 10	7

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Beatrice appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #80 in England and Wales in 2016.

Beatrice's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#114	425	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#121	409	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#104	484	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#99	515	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#109	467	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#90	595	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#84	629	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#84	628	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#80	685	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#93	601	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#91	610	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#95	583	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#114	503	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#126	460	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#116	492	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#129	419	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#132	404	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#133	418	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#163	326	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#185	272	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#224	203	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#249	175	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#258	153	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#271	143	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#277	139	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#270	139	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#237	173	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#271	139	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#304	117	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#407	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#228	7	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#298	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#383	4	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#384	3	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#344	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#461	5	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#381	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	female	#465	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#350	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#437	6	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#404	8	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#442	7	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#449	7	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#544	4	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#471	6	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#562	4	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#387	10	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#532	5	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#475	7	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#427	9	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#438	8	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#398	10	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#588	4	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#582	4	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#354	11	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#324	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#596	4	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#371	10	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#326	12	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#299	13	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#396	9	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#376	10	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#383	10	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#459	8	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#354	12	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#384	11	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#474	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#609	5	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#518	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#499	7	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#620	4	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#519	6	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#513	6	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#377	10	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#548	5	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#395	9	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#537	5	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#454	7	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#394	9	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#362	10	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#545	5	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#562	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#575	4	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#376	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#358	8	High	Verified
1956	Norway	female	#431	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#294	14	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#364	10	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#237	18	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#284	15	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	20	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	13	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#249	19	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#316	14	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#215	24	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	14	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#424	10	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#317	16	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	12	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#475	9	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#299	16	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	19	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#326	13	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#272	15	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	10	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	14	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#333	9	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#400	6	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#425	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#496	4	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#521	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#312	8	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	11	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#245	12	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	5	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#268	7	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#256	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#238	9	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#234	9	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#476	6	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1956 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #80, first reached in 2016.

It held a top-100 place in 8 years, 7 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 685 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1964, and 68 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Beate · #47, 70y
Beathe · #159, 47y
Beatris · #834, 14y
Beatrix · #152, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Erica · #81, 59y
Kelvin · #78, 66y
Lynn · #83, 66y
Adele · #84, 61y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Gayle · #80, 22y
Amira · #79, 50y
Daryl · #79, 69y
Elvira · #81, 50y

Beatrice was ranked #80 in England and Wales · Girls in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Beatrice and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Beatrice without appearing here.

Beatrice moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #277 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #271 and #871.
Jacqueline Compare
In 2003 they stood at #333 and #279 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #257 and #677.
Anne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #364 and #316 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #294 and #631.
Carol Compare
In 2003 they stood at #333 and #333 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2004 that had become #257 and #576.

Moved ahead of Beatrice

Hennie Compare
In 2004 they stood at #354 and #360 in Norway · Girls; by 2005 that had become #582 and #312.
Frida Compare
In 1979 they stood at #377 and #384 in Norway · Girls; by 1980 that had become #513 and #250.
Chloe Compare
In 1985 they stood at #401 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1986 that had become #521 and #263.
Zoe Compare
In 2012 they stood at #387 and #508 in Norway · Girls; by 2013 that had become #562 and #328.

Moved the opposite way to Beatrice

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beatrice went from #304 to #114 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beatrice went from #304 to #114 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beatrice went from #304 to #114 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beatrice went from #304 to #114 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Beatrice

Barbara Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beatrice went from #234 to #364 and Barbara from #43 to #856.
Diane Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beatrice went from #234 to #364 and Diane from #215 to #727.
Ingrid Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beatrice went from #234 to #364 and Ingrid from #201 to #856.
Jude Compare
Between 1964 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beatrice went from #234 to #364 and Jude from #234 to #727.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1956 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #80 in England and Wales in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Beatrice

Beatrice at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Beatrice across 4 official records

Beatrice by decade in Norway · Girls

Beatrice appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Beatrice

Beatrice and the names beside it

Beatrice moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Beatrice

Moved the opposite way to Beatrice

Moved the same way as Beatrice

Beatrice at a glance

Beatrice across 4 official records

Beatrice by decade in Norway · Girls

Beatrice appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Beatrice

Beatrice and the names beside it

Beatrice moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Beatrice

Moved the opposite way to Beatrice

Moved the same way as Beatrice