Beverley
Beverley was the 8445th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1938, when it ranked 309th with 407 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,428 places. More babies were named Beverley in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Beverly) beaver stream (place name) · English, Old English
- Rank in 2025
- #8,445 girls, up 3,915 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1938407 babies
- Total since 1880
- 13,469babies recorded
What does the name Beverley mean?
Beverley is a spelling of Beverly, pronounced the same way, so it shares Beverly's meaning and origin.
Beverly is a spelling of Beverley, a town in Yorkshire, as Wiktionary notes. The place name is usually explained as Old English beofor 'beaver' plus a word for a stream or lake. It became an English surname and then a given name, first for boys and then, in the US, mostly for girls, popular from the 1930s to the 1950s partly because of the 1904 novel Beverly of Graustark and the upscale image of Beverly Hills.
beofor (Old English, “beaver”)
How sure is this? Probable. The second element of the place name is uncertain.
See also: English names, names that mean an animal, names from places.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Beverly', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
- Wiktionary, entry 'Beverley', Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0; facts restated, no text reused)
Beverley popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 407 since 1912.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,445 | 12 |
| 2020 | #12,360 | 7 |
| 2010 | — | — |
| 2000 | #15,375 | 5 |
| 1990 | #4,714 | 20 |
| 1980 | #5,267 | 13 |
| 1970 | #2,083 | 39 |
| 1960 | #782 | 171 |
| 1950 | #482 | 283 |
| 1940 | #343 | 350 |
| 1930 | #350 | 360 |
| 1920 | #850 | 72 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Beverley, counting every spelling?
Beverley is a spelling of Beverly, a name family that ranked #927 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #8,445 for Beverley on its own. Together these spellings went to 266 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly | 246 | #1,018 | 1,102 |
| Beverley | 12 | #8,445 | 52 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Beverley?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Beverley (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Beverley 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 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Beverley.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Beverley?
About 6,100 people born in the US named Beverley are alive today, with a median age of 75; half are between 67 and 82. That makes Beverley 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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Beverley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Beverley, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Beverley
What does Beverley mean?
Beverley is a spelling of Beverly, which means “beaver stream (place name)” (English, Old English origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Beverley?
Beverley was the 8445th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1938, when it ranked 309th with 407 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,428 places. More babies were named Beverley in the 1930s than in any other decade.
Is Beverley a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Beverley in the US.