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".
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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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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- English
- Swedish
- Romanian
- French
The Story of Beatrice
The earliest SSA record of Beatrice as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 87 babies received it. 1921 was its biggest year on record, with 5,968 newborns named Beatrice — #41 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Beatrice on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Beatrice ranks #594 for baby girls with 511 births, holding steady (-4%). All told, over 195K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Beatrice
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Beatrice. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Beatrice
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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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