Beulah
Beulah, a feminine given name, originated from the Hebrew word, used in the Book of Isaiah as a prophesied attribute of the land of Israel. The King James Bible transliterates the word and translates it as "married". An alternative translation is "espoused", see for example Isaiah 62:4. The Online Etymology Dictionary relates the word to baal, meaning "owner, master, lord".
- Biblical
- English
Meaning & Origin of Beulah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Beulah, a feminine given name, originated from the Hebrew word, used in the Book of Isaiah as a prophesied attribute of the land of Israel. The King James Bible transliterates the word and translates it as "married". An alternative translation is "espoused", see for example Isaiah 62:4. The Online Etymology Dictionary relates the word to baal, meaning "owner, master, lord".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Biblical
- English
The Story of Beulah
The earliest SSA record of Beulah as a baby girl name dates back to 1880, when 131 babies received it. 1916 was its biggest year on record, with 2,401 newborns named Beulah — #97 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Beulah on record arrived during the 1910s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Beulah ranks #4,874 for baby girls with 27 births, rising sharply (+19% over the past five years). All told, over 73K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
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Notable people named Beulah
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- Beulah Annan (1899–1928), American suspected murderer and the model for the character Roxie Hart (from Chicago )
- Beulah Armstrong (1895–1965), American mathematician
- Beulah Bewley (1929–2018) British public health physician
- Beulah Blackmore (1886–1967), American home economist
- Beulah Bondi (1888–1981), American actress
- Beulah H. Brown (1892–1987), American artist
- Beulah Burke (1885–1975), co-founder of Alpha Kappa Alpha, the first sorority founded by African American women
- Beulah Marie Dix (1876–1970), American screenwriter and author of children's books
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Names that sound like Beulah
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About the name Beulah
Beulah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 73K births in the dataset. Beulah's peak popularity came in 1916 when it ranked #72. Use the chart and map above to compare Beulah'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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