Bea
About Bea
Bea is a former old lady name that's cute again as a short form — and is now beginning to stand on its own. Bee is a variation that, like Bea, can work as a diminutive for any name that starts with the letter B, or in the middle. Bea actually stood alone on the popularity lists for four years at the beginning of the twentieth century — and it could happen again.
Golden Girl Bea Arthur was born a Bernice.
As of October 2026, Bea ranked #2218 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #834 in 1908, Nameberry popularity #822.
Editor's take: The name Bea is a girl's name of English origin meaning "she who brings happiness".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,856 | 39 | 21.8 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | #3,334 | 48 | 27.1 |
| 2017 | #4,010 | 37 | 21.4 |
| 2018 | #3,209 | 50 | 29.4 |
| 2019 | #3,340 | 47 | 28 |
| 2020 | #3,148 | 50 | 30.9 |
| 2021 | #3,039 | 54 | 32.9 |
| 2022 | #2,762 | 62 | 37.8 |
| 2023 | #2,493 | 71 | 44.2 |
| 2024 | #2,150 | 88 | 54.3 |
| 2025 | #2,218 | 83 | 51.6 |
World rankings
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Famous Beas
- Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (born Bernice Frankel)
American actress
- Beatrice "Bea" Benaderet
American actress
- Beatrice Gladys "Bea" Lillie
Canadian,British actress
- Beatrice Annika "Bea" Miller
American singer and songwriter
- Bea Alonzo (born Phylbert Angelie Ranollo Fagestrom)
British,Filipina actress
- Beanca Marie "Bea" Binene
Filipina actress
- Beatrice "Bea" Booze
American R&B singer
- Beatrice "Bea" Wain
American pop singer
- Beatriz "Bea" Segura
Spanish actress
- Bea Flora
retired Polish adult model
Bea in pop culture
- Beatriz "Bea" Aguilar
character in "The Shadow of the Wind" and its sequel by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
- Bea
character in the musical "Something Rotten"
- Bea
character on animated series "Fish Hooks"
- Bea Kivlan
character in "The Accident Season" by Moira Fowley,Doyle
- Bea Simmons
character in an episode of "The Simpsons"
- Bea Finch (nee Holloway)
character in "Land Girls"
- Beatrice "Bea" Santello
character from "Night in the Woods"
- Beatrix "Bea" Nilsson
character in Australian soap "Neighbours"
- Bea Time
Character from the webcomic "Sparklecare Hospital"
- Bea Spells-A-Lot
character from “Lalaloopsy”