Beatrice
Beatrice is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one".
Meaning & Origin of Beatrice
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Beatrice is a female given name. The English variant is derived from the French Béatrice, which came from the Latin Beatrix, which means "blessed one".
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The Story of Beatrice
Beatrice first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1880, with 87 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1921, when 5,968 Beatrices were born — ranking #41 that year. As of 2026, Beatrice ranks #594 for baby girls with 511 births, holding steady (-4%). In total, more than 195K Beatrices have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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About the name Beatrice
Beatrice is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 195K births in the dataset. Beatrice's peak popularity came in 1921 when it ranked #36. Use the chart and map above to compare Beatrice'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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