Beryl

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Beryl: Recorded since 1964, with a gap of 21 years, its highest recorded position is #372, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#372highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Beryl's record

Absent from every published list for 21 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1998	#3848
2000	#3912
2001	#3998
2006	#5061
2007	#2085
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2010	#3533
2011	#4764
2013	#5742
2014	#5691
2015	#4736
2016	#3609
2017	#2925
2018	#3985
2019	#4686
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2022	#4645
2023	#4056
2024	#3318

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 23 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–1974
Highest recorded position: #372 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1964 (recorded 1964–1974).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Beryl appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 23 ranked years and 104 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1964.

Beryl across 2 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.

Beryl'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
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2085 (2007)	#3318 (2024)	23 of 29	104 (1996–2024)	11 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#372 (1964)	#372 (1964)	#490 (1974)	3 of 11	9 (1964–1974)	3 (1964)

Beryl by decade in England and Wales · 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 Beryl in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	10	3 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	27	6 of 10	5
2010s	43	9 of 10	5
2020s	24	5 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Beryl 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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #372 in Republic of Ireland in 1964.

Beryl'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4056	5	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#4645	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2925	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2085	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #372, first reached in 1964.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 21 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 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.

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Bessie · #1094, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Bea · #372, 26y
Maddy · #372, 29y
Clarice · #374, 29y
Dragan · #370, 26y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Alejandro · #372, 51y
Sive · #373, 32y
Boris · #374, 48y
Adem · #368, 44y

Beryl was ranked #372 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1964. 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.

Beryl 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 Beryl without appearing here.

Beryl moved ahead of

Helene Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #5765.
Hayden Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Hunter Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4056 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Beryl

Selma Compare
In 1996 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #3824 and #1958.
Arlo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2925 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3985 and #2340.
Rory Compare
In 2016 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2017 that had become #2925 and #2706.
Liv Compare
In 1999 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #3912 and #3912.

Moved the same way as Beryl

Fiadh Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beryl went from #5742 to #3318 and Fiadh from #5742 to #374.
Noah Compare
Between 2013 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beryl went from #5742 to #3318 and Noah from #5742 to #1743.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #372 in Republic of Ireland in 1964. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Beryl

Beryl at a glance

What stands out in Beryl's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Beryl across 2 official records

Beryl by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Beryl appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Beryl moved ahead of

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Beryl at a glance

What stands out in Beryl's record

Beryl across 2 official records

Beryl by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Beryl appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Beryl

Beryl and the names beside it

Beryl moved ahead of

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