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✦ Two distinct US naming histories

Bev

Used in both girl and boy records

Bev appears in both girl and boy US naming records. Compare the two independent popularity histories, ranks, and peak years.

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Bev by gender

Each record below preserves the original rank, use count, active years, and peak year for that gender. The spelling is shared; the data histories are not combined.

GIRL RECORDBev as a girl’s nameUS records 1940–1971
#6416girl rank1959peak year
Read girl record ↗BOY RECORDBev as a boy’s nameUS records 1917–1917
#34258boy rank1917peak year
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Popularity ledger

Girl and boy use over time

GirlBoy

Trace the annual recorded uses of Bev in the national name files. Hover a peak marker, move across the chart, or use the arrow keys to inspect an exact annual count and rank.

At a glance

RecordPeak yearHighest rankObserved usage
Girl1959127 uses#92719591940–197129 listed years
Boy19175 uses#398119171917–19171 listed years

Annual counts and within-year ranks from the SSA national-name archive, 1880–2020. Names with fewer than five births in a year are not listed in the source files.