How Many People Are Named Beulah?
people named Beulah are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 44,578 people in the US has this name
Based on 73,465 babies named Beulah in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
2,408 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "married" in Hebrew. The name is used in the Old Testament to refer to the land of Israel (Isaiah 62:4). As an English given name, Beulah has been used since the Protestant Reformation.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Beulah (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Beulah alive today is about 75 years old, and 87% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 87 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Beulah first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1916, to 2,408 babies. In 2025, 20 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Beulah never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #72, in 1903 to 1904, and it was in the top 100 for 32 years, 1885 to 1916. In 2025 it ranked #5,948.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,948 |
| Best rank | #72 (1903 to 1904) |
| Years in the top 100 | 32 (1885 to 1916) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #95 in the 1910s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Beulah alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Beulah were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 640 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Beulah was given 2.9 times as often in West Virginia, 2.8 times in Kentucky and 2.3 times in North Carolina.
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