Beatrice
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning she who brings happiness.
How Beatrice has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #569 |
| 2016 | #557 |
| 2017 | #559 |
| 2018 | #569 |
| 2019 | #554 |
| 2020 | #552 |
| 2021 | #565 |
| 2022 | #555 |
| 2023 | #587 |
| 2024 | #579 |
| 2025 | #508 |
Beatrice by the numbers
In 2025, 401 babies in England and Wales were named Beatrice. In the US, 544 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 5,968 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
At its height, in 1910, about 1 in 170 American girls born that year was called Beatrice.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Beatrice. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Beatrixbringer of joy, she who brings happiness173 in England and Wales (2025)
- Beatrizshe who brings happiness24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Beatrisshe who brings happiness; a form of Beatrice8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Berenicebringer of victory89 in the US (2017)
- Berneicebearer of victory; a form of Berenice
Other names that mean joy
Like Beatrice, each of these has joy in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Abigailmy father's joy10,557 in the US (2017)
- Asherhappy, blessed6,076 in the US (2017)
- Edendelight, paradise594 in England and Wales (2025)
- Jocelyncheerful or joyful; from Jocundus1,828 in the US (2017)
- Tatumcheerful or bringer of joy1,159 in the US (2017)
- Joyjoy; gladness and pleasure971 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Beatrice
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