Beatrice
Feminine · “she who makes happy”
Beatrice is overwhelmingly a girls’ name — 194,920 girls against 733 boys since 1880. See Beatrice as a boy name
Beatrice is recorded for boys and girls alike. In the play that most English readers meet it in, the character is technically the secondary one and takes over the whole thing.
How old is the name Beatrice?
Beatrice was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Beatrice alive today was born around 1924, making them about 101 years old. About 50,500 people named Beatrice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Beatrice most popular?
Beatrice peaked in 1910, reaching #36 nationally. Today it ranks #508, 472 places below that high. See the whole 1910 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Beatrice
Much Ado About Nothing has a main plot about Hero, who is slandered at her own wedding, and a secondary plot about her cousin Beatrice, who spends the play arguing with a man she clearly likes. The secondary plot has all the good writing. Beatrice gets the wit, the best prose in the play, and one short scene in which the comedy stops dead and she asks the man to kill his friend, which is the moment the whole thing turns. Audiences have always known which plot they came for, and productions that try to rebalance it generally give up. It is a play named after nothing, about a wedding, remembered for two people who are not getting married.
Meaning
she who makes happy
The Latin name is built on a word about blessing or happiness, and the reading is settled in that form. The record does not explain the name's occasional use for boys in America.
Pronouncing Beatrice
BEE-uh-triss
Three syllables with the stress in front. The Italian form is four syllables and is said bay-ah-TREE-chay.
Nicknames for Beatrice
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most girls named
- 19215,968 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #36reached in 1910
- Change vs 2022
- +6.2%583 in 2025, from 549
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Beatrice in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Beatrice in Italian — same name
- Beatriz in Spanish — same name
- Béatrice in French — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Texas. International figures from Statistics Canada. Sources
Beatrices among us
people named Beatrice are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 2,757 born in 2025 was named Beatrice
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Beatrice sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Beatrice is headed
Beatrice should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Beatrice beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Beatrice in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Bea and Trixie are both available as short forms and are very different in register.
- It works across English, Italian, Spanish and French with only a shift of stress.
- The meaning is settled and pleasant to hand a child.
- The English and Italian pronunciations are quite different, which matters in a mixed household.
- This spelling goes overwhelmingly to girls but is recorded for boys as well, so a form will occasionally guess wrong.
- It reads as a name of an older generation to some American ears, which is either the appeal or the obstacle.
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Feminine · #508 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Beatrices are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 50,500 people named Beatrice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Beatrice in 2025?
- Beatrice ranks #508 among US girl names in 2025, with 583 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Beatrice?
- About 1 in every 2,757 US girls born in 2025 was named Beatrice — 583 in all.
- Will my child share the name Beatrice with classmates?
- Beatrice will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Beatrice
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Estella#509 · Scarlet#509 · Yara#507 · Alisson#511 · Hanna#511 · Raegan#505 · Mariam#505 · Remington#511
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US figures from the Social Security Administration; international figures from national statistics agencies. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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