How Many People Are Named Bea?
An estimated 1,219 people in the United States have the first name Bea. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 32 years old, and Bea peaked in popularity in 2024 with 88 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bea as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bea paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,219
About 1 in 281,177 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
32
years old
Peak Year
2024
88 births
Total Registered
2,256
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bea
Bea is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,256 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Bea as a female name
Ranked #2,150 in 2024
88 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (88 births)
Bea: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bea span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 325 babies were registered. Bea remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Bea by Decade
How has Bea tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bea by State
Birth registrations for Bea span all 7 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, New York, Texas. The lowest are in Georgia, Florida, Ohio. On average, about 35 Beas were registered per state.
Bea + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bea as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bea
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bea: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bea?
We estimate approximately 1,219 people named Bea are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 281,177 Americans share this first name.
Is Bea a common name?
Bea is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 91.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,256 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bea most popular?
Bea reached peak popularity in 2024, when 88 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bea is approximately 32 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bea a female name?
Bea is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bea Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bea Smith, Bea Johnson, Bea Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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