How Many People Are Named Bea?
people named Bea are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 247,132 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,342 babies named Bea in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
89 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of BEATRIX.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bea in English. Counting Bea and these spellings together, about 2,104 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bea in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bea alive today is about 32 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bea first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 2024, to 89 babies. In 2025, 83 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bea has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #834, in 1908. In 2025 it ranked #2,218.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,218 |
| Best rank | #834 (1908) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,573 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bea alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bea were born in California than in any other state: about 124 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bea was given 4.5 times as often in California and 3.3 times in New York.
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