Beverlyn
Feminine · “from Beverly”
Beverlyn joins Beverly to the soft -lyn ending, making a three-syllable girl's name with the stress on the first. It carries the name of a Yorkshire town and, by a roundabout route, of the most famous hills in California.
How old is the name Beverlyn?
Beverlyn first appears in US birth records in 1933 — 92 years ago. The typical Beverlyn alive today was born around 1955, making them about 70 years old. About 400 people named Beverlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Beverlyn most popular?
Beverlyn peaked in 1955, reaching #1733 nationally. See the whole 1955 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Beverley (Yorkshire) to Beverlyn
The story of Beverlyn
Beverley in Yorkshire gave its name to a surname and then to Beverly, Massachusetts, and to its seaside neighborhood Beverly Farms. A developer who admired Beverly Farms named his new subdivision in the hills above Los Angeles Beverly Hills, and that name went around the world. American parents took Beverly as a girl's name and added -lyn to make Beverlyn, and no record says who first did.
Meaningscholars disagree
from Beverly, a Yorkshire place-name
Beverly comes from Beverley in Yorkshire, whose name is usually explained as beaver stream or beaver clearing. Beverlyn adds the -lyn ending; the record does not say who first joined them.
How the name formed
- BeverleyYorkshire
- Beverly
- Beverlyn
Pronouncing Beverlyn
BEV-er-lin
Stress on the first syllable.
Nicknames for Beverlyn
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
- 1933
- Most girls named
- 195536 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1733reached in 1955
- Change vs 2017
- 0.0%5 in 2024, from 5
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.
Beverlyns among us
people named Beverlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Beverlyn sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- It sounds familiar because Beverly is familiar.
- Bev and Lyn give two short forms.
- It is rare, so she will seldom share it.
- People will write Beverly or Beverlynn.
- Many associate Beverly with a particular generation of women.
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Frequently asked
- How many Beverlyns are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 400 people named Beverlyn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Beverlyn in 2025?
- Beverlyn is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Beverlyn with classmates?
- Beverlyn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More B names
The most-given names starting with B, all years combined.
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