Beale
Beale is an English surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Dorset, followed by Huntingdonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Kent and Surrey.
Meaning & Origin of Beale
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Beale is an English surname. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Dorset, followed by Huntingdonshire, Hampshire, Sussex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire, Warwickshire, Kent and Surrey.
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The Story of Beale
Beale first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1942, with 6 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1942, when 6 Beales were born — ranking #3,212 that year. As of 2026, Beale ranks #3,212 for baby boys with 6 births, with steady use. In total, more than 6 Beales have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Notable people named Beale
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- Anthony Beale (born 1967), American politician, alderman in Chicago
- Bernard Charles Beale (1830–1910), New Zealand doctor and politician
- Calvin Beale (1923–2008), American demographer
- Charles Lewis Beale (1824–1900), member of U.S. House of Representatives from New York
- Daniel Beale (1759–1842), Scottish merchant, brother of Thomas Beale
- Dorothea Beale (1831–1906), English teacher, founder of St. Hilda's College, Oxford
- Edith Bouvier Beale (1917–2002), American socialite, first cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and Lee Radziwill
- Edward Fitzgerald Beale (1822–1893), American frontiersman and diplomat
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Names that sound like Beale
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About the name Beale
Beale is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Beale's peak popularity came in 1942 when it ranked #3,212. Use the chart and map above to compare Beale's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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