Beverly
About Beverly
The remarkable success of the girls' name Everly makes a revival of the name Beverly seem possible. More commonly a masculine name in the 19th century, it began to be used for girls in the early 1900s, reaching #14 ion the popular names list in 1937. Inspirations: Beverly Johnson was the first African-American model to appear on the cover of Vogue, Beverly Sills was a major American soprano, Beverly Cleary authored the beloved 'Ramona' books, and Beverly Goldberg is the beloved TV matriarch of 'The Goldbergs'.
Pronounced BEV-er-lee.
As of October 2026, Beverly ranked #1018 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #14 in 1937, Nameberry popularity #673.
Editor's take: The name Beverly is a girl's name of English origin meaning "dweller near the beaver stream".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,536 | 142 | 79.5 |
| 2015 | #1,480 | 155 | 86.8 |
| 2016 | #1,396 | 167 | 94.2 |
| 2017 | #1,417 | 161 | 93.3 |
| 2018 | #1,300 | 175 | 102.9 |
| 2019 | #1,349 | 168 | 100.1 |
| 2020 | #1,267 | 177 | 109.5 |
| 2021 | #1,249 | 188 | 114.6 |
| 2022 | #1,106 | 224 | 136.6 |
| 2023 | #1,185 | 202 | 125.9 |
| 2024 | #1,046 | 239 | 147.5 |
| 2025 | #1,018 | 246 | 153.1 |
World rankings
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Beverly on lists
Famous Beverlys
- Beverly Ann Mitchell
American actress
- Beverly Atlee (Bunn) Cleary
American children's novelist
- Beverly Johnson
American supermodel
- Beverly Heather D'Angelo
American actress
- Beverly Elaine Aadland Fisher
American actress
- Beverly Eaves "Bev" Perdue
American politician, former governor of North Carolina
- Beverly McLachlin
17th and current Chief Justice of Canada
- Beverly Sills (born Belle Miriam Silverman)
American soprano
- Beverly "Bevy" Smith
American television personality and stylist
- Beverly June "Bev" Yanez
professional soccer player
- Beverly Ann Donofrio
American author most noted for her 1992 best selling memoir, Riding in Cars with Boys. Drew Barrymore portrayed her in the film adaption.
Beverly in pop culture
- Dr. Beverly Crusher (born Beverly Cheryl Howard)
character on "Star Trek: The Next Generation"
- Beverly Hunter
character on TV's "All of Us"
- Beverly Penn
character in Mark Helprin's "Winter's Tale"
- Beverly "Bev" Marsh
character in Stephen King's "IT"
- Beverly "Bev" Harris
character on TV's "Roseanne"
- Beverly Parrott
character in "Sims" series
- Beverly Leslie
male character on TV's "Will & Grace"
- Beverly Barlowe
character on TV's "Eureka"
- Beverly Hills
city in California, USA
- Beverly Solomon Goldberg
main character in the television series The Goldbergs.