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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bev

Bev was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 929th with 127 babies. More babies were named Bev in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1959127 babies
Total since 1880
1,003babies recorded

Bev popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 5 since 1917.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990——
1980——
1970#6,4277
1960#993117
1950——
1940#4,4305
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Bev, counting every spelling?

Bev has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Bev?

About 800 people born in the US named Bev are alive today, with a median age of 66; half are between 64 and 68. That makes Bev a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

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.

Bev by state

How common Bev was among girls born in each state in 1957–1961, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (3.0×), Washington (2.9×), Michigan (2.1×), Indiana (1.6×). In 39 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesWI0.03Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesWA0.15Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMN0.10Illinois: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesIL0.04Michigan: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMI0.11New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIA0.05Indiana: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesIN0.08Ohio: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesOH0.16Pennsylvania: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesPA0.06New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesMO0.02Kentucky: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesKY0.03West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bev, girls, 1957–1961. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Bev: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bev, they share its era and feel.

Bev is also a nickname for Beverly.

Questions about the name Bev

How popular is the name Bev?

Bev was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1959, when it ranked 929th with 127 babies. More babies were named Bev in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Bev a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 998 girls and 5 boys.

Where was Bev most popular?

In 1957–1961, Bev was most common in Ohio (0.16 per 1,000 girls), followed by Washington and Michigan.