Beryl
Beryl was the 11101st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 374th with 311 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 71 places. More babies were named Beryl in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,101 girls, down 716 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1920311 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,468babies recorded
Beryl popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,101 | — | 8 | — |
| 2020 | #10,385 | — | 9 | — |
| 2010 | #10,553 | — | 10 | — |
| 2000 | #8,634 | — | 11 | — |
| 1990 | #6,506 | — | 13 | — |
| 1980 | #7,483 | — | 8 | — |
| 1970 | #5,085 | #4,794 | 10 | 5 |
| 1960 | #1,386 | #2,218 | 63 | 14 |
| 1950 | #710 | #1,365 | 145 | 28 |
| 1940 | #613 | #1,184 | 130 | 32 |
| 1930 | #477 | #909 | 197 | 54 |
| 1920 | #374 | #812 | 311 | 68 |
| 1910 | #413 | #1,208 | 91 | 8 |
| 1900 | #431 | — | 59 | — |
| 1890 | #462 | #1,018 | 32 | 5 |
| 1880 | #519 | — | 11 | — |
How popular is Beryl, counting every spelling?
Beryl has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Beryl?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Beryl (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Beryl born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Beryl.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Beryl?
About 2,800 people born in the US named Beryl are alive today, with a median age of 73; half are between 64 and 80. That makes Beryl a name most people associate with older generations.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
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Questions about the name Beryl
How popular is the name Beryl?
Beryl was the 11101st most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1920, when it ranked 374th with 311 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 71 places. More babies were named Beryl in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Beryl a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Beryl in the US.