Beverly

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Beverly: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 12 years, it reached #331 in 1973, and it stood at #4,709 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#331highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Beverly's record

Absent from every published list for 12 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2350
1999	#3900
2001	#3998
2002	#2540
2004	#2802
2005	#2682
2006	#2320
2007	#2895
2008	#3005
2009	#4564
2013	#3160
2014	#5691
2015	#5730
2016	#4763
2017	#4763
2018	#3985
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2022	#3970
2023	#4709

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 Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 46 years from 1966 to 2011.

In 2002: #620 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2540 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1966–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #344 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1966–2011
Highest recorded position: #331 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1973 (recorded 1966–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4709 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Girls

Beverly appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 20 ranked years and 101 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1966.

Beverly 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.

Beverly'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#344 (1966)	#331 (1973)	#937 (2011)	12 of 46	52 (1966–2011)	8 (1973)
England and Wales · Girls	#2350 (1996)	#2320 (2006)	#4709 (2023)	20 of 28	101 (1996–2023)	9 (2006)

Beverly 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 Beverly in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	9	2 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	49	8 of 10	6
2010s	31	7 of 10	4
2020s	12	3 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 8 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

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

Beverly 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 1966 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #331 in Republic of Ireland in 1973.

Beverly'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
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3985	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#5691	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3998	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#620	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#529	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#533	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	6	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#344	4	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 1966 and 2023, ranked in 31 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #331, first reached in 1973.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 2006.

Its record falls into 12 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 12 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 30 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.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
12separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
12 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period10 to 19 years missing →
#4,709position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
30 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2006Under 25 births →

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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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.

Arun · #331, 29y
Haleema · #331, 29y
Mellissa · #331, 31y
Aaran · #330, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Desiree · #331, 53y
Gretta · #331, 19y
Roseann · #329, 28y
Andris · #328, 25y

Beverly was ranked #331 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1973. 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.

Beverly 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 Beverly without appearing here.

Beverly moved ahead of

Finlay Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Lynette Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #3160 and #5742.
Cheryl Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.
Debra Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5493 and #5493 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3970 and #5669.

Moved ahead of Beverly

Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #3160 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #5691 and #1628.
Francis Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4001 and #4686 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #5493 and #2449.
Malin Compare
In 2015 they stood at #3160 and #4739 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #4763 and #2120.
Audrey Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2350 and #2683 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #3900 and #1317.

Moved the opposite way to Beverly

Aisling Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 while Aisling went from #100 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 while Alexandra went from #288 to #97.
Anna Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 while Anna went from #36 to #18.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 while Caoimhe went from #380 to #14.

Moved the same way as Beverly

Alma Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 and Alma from #310 to #937.
Audrey Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 and Audrey from #63 to #695.
Camilla Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 and Camilla from #236 to #612.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1966 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beverly went from #344 to #937 and Deirdre from #7 to #695.

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 2 regions, from 1966 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #331 in Republic of Ireland in 1973. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Beverly

Beverly at a glance

What stands out in Beverly's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Beverly across 2 official records

Beverly by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Beverly appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Beverly

Beverly and the names beside it

Beverly moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Beverly

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Beverly at a glance

What stands out in Beverly's record

Beverly across 2 official records

Beverly by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Beverly 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 Beverly

Beverly and the names beside it

Beverly moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Beverly

Moved the opposite way to Beverly

Moved the same way as Beverly