Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bea

#4,031 most common girls' name of all time · #6,888 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among girls
#4,031
Rank overall
#6,888 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
112 of 146
All-time
2,342
Since 2016
593
Peak year
2024 #2,136
Best rank
#844 1908
Girls Boys peak 89/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Bea first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 83 83 #2,218
2024 89 89 #2,136
2023 71 71 #2,497
2022 63 63 #2,725
2021 54 54 #3,041
2020 50 50 #3,144
2019 48 48 #3,278
2018 50 50 #3,205
2017 37 37 #4,006
2016 48 48 #3,331
2015 25 25 #5,298
2014 39 39 #3,850
2013 23 23 #5,651
2012 22 22 #5,906
2011 15 15 #7,799
2010 18 18 #6,922
2009 24 24 #5,716
2008 20 20 #6,569
2007 12 12 #9,559
2006 18 18 #6,860
2005 12 12 #8,911
2004 7 7 #12,797
2003 8 8 #11,358
2001 10 10 #9,379
2000 5 5 #15,081
1998 8 8 #10,158
1992 5 5 #13,377
1983 8 8 #7,349
1980 6 6 #9,152
1977 11 11 #5,560
1974 5 5 #8,836
1972 6 6 #7,357
1970 5 5 #8,075
1969 5 5 #7,538
1967 6 6 #6,105
1966 10 10 #4,232
1965 8 8 #4,867
1964 18 18 #3,013
1963 23 23 #2,556
1962 30 30 #2,173
1961 30 30 #2,160
1960 32 32 #2,022
1959 28 28 #2,162
1958 26 26 #2,222
1957 27 27 #2,128
1956 20 20 #2,542
1955 9 9 #4,101
1954 9 9 #4,008
1953 11 11 #3,522
1952 10 10 #3,582
1951 13 13 #2,968
1950 16 16 #2,558
1949 11 11 #3,211
1948 28 28 #1,785
1947 17 17 #2,459
1946 27 27 #1,734
1945 28 28 #1,555
1944 20 20 #1,926
1943 40 40 #1,298
1942 31 31 #1,478
1941 34 34 #1,323
1940 26 26 #1,525
1939 13 13 #2,321
1938 38 38 #1,191
1937 19 19 #1,806
1936 28 28 #1,388
1935 22 22 #1,624
1934 14 14 #2,225
1933 23 23 #1,567
1932 15 15 #2,156
1931 18 18 #1,893
1930 26 26 #1,546
1929 22 22 #1,720
1928 11 11 #2,804
1927 25 25 #1,686
1926 23 23 #1,787
1925 22 22 #1,860
1924 20 20 #2,004
1923 36 36 #1,312
1922 18 18 #2,125
1921 31 31 #1,485
1920 20 20 #1,968
1919 21 21 #1,815
1918 30 30 #1,429
1917 27 27 #1,441
1916 21 21 #1,700
1915 24 24 #1,490
1914 28 28 #1,161
1913 25 25 #1,106
1912 17 17 #1,321
1911 11 11 #1,488
1910 20 20 #982
1909 19 19 #947
1908 22 22 #844
1907 15 15 #1,014
1906 13 13 #1,074
1905 13 13 #1,078
1904 7 7 #1,542
1903 9 9 #1,260
1902 8 8 #1,361
1901 5 5 #1,739
1900 6 6 #1,768
1898 5 5 #1,763
1897 6 6 #1,443
1896 9 9 #1,169
1894 7 7 #1,286
1893 6 6 #1,345
1892 5 5 #1,510
1889 5 5 #1,351
1888 6 6 #1,214
1886 5 5 #1,203
1883 5 5 #1,011