How Many People Are Named Bev?

821

people named Bev are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 416,303 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,003 babies named Bev in Social Security records from 1917 to 1971, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#12,037

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#6,820

See the top 100

Peak Year

1959

127 births

Trend

1971

Last year given

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Short form of BEVERLY.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Bev in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Bev alive today is about 66 years old, and 92% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 63 and 67 in 2025.

Under 30 0
0%
30 to 59 65
7.9%
60 and over 756
92.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Bev first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 1959, to 127 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1971.

Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 1971

🏆 Rank History

Bev has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #928, in 1959.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#928 (1959)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,655 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Bev alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Bev were born in Ohio than in any other state: about 93 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bev was given 4.8 times as often in Ohio, 3.3 times in Michigan and 1.7 times in California.

Ohio 93
California 53
Michigan 53
Pennsylvania 37
Illinois 29
Washington 23
Minnesota 21
Indiana 18
Wisconsin 10
Iowa 6
Missouri 4
Kentucky 4

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