Thirty years of Beatrice
Beatrice in numbers
Beatrice has risen from 117 girls in 1996 to 401 in 2025, though it is below its peak of 685 in 2016. Its biggest three-year rise came between 2004 and 2007, from 203 to 418. It ranked 304th in 1996, reached 80th in 2016 and ranks 121st now. On average it was given to 142 girls a year in the late 1990s, 265 in the 2000s, 579 in the 2010s and 450 in the 2020s so far.
† Shapes, averages and turning points are Baby Data calculations from the ONS counts.
Milestones
First year in each bandChange
- On last year-6%425 to 401
- 5 years-14%467 to 401
- 10 years-33%601 to 401
- 20 years+47%272 to 401
- Since 1996×3117 to 401
- Total, 1996 to 202511,707girls
† All changes and totals are Baby Data calculations from ONS counts. A total adds only the published years.
Across the three nations, 2025
Each from its own statistics office, never added togetherRank 121 · ONS · 425 in 2024
Rank 324 · NRS · 6 in 2024
Rank 397 · NISRA · 3 in 2024
England and Wales (ONS) count births in the calendar year; Scotland (NRS) and Northern Ireland (NISRA) count births registered in the year. Each comes from its own statistics office and they are never added together.
Year by year, 1996 to 2025 Show all 30 yearsHide the table
| Year | Rank | Babies | Change† | 1 in X† |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 121 | 401 | -6% | 1 in 710 |
| 2024 | 114 | 425 | +4% | 1 in 682 |
| 2023 | 121 | 409 | -15% | 1 in 704 |
| 2022 | 104 | 484 | -6% | 1 in 609 |
| 2021 | 99 | 515 | +10% | 1 in 592 |
| 2020 | 109 | 467 | -22% | 1 in 641 |
| 2019 | 90 | 595 | -5% | 1 in 523 |
| 2018 | 84 | 629 | +0% | 1 in 508 |
| 2017 | =84 | 628 | -8% | 1 in 527 |
| 2016 | 80 | 685 | +14% | 1 in 495 |
| 2015 | 93 | 601 | -1% | 1 in 565 |
| 2014 | 91 | 610 | +5% | 1 in 555 |
| 2013 * | 95 | 583 | +16% | 1 in 586 |
| 2012 | 114 | 503 | +9% | 1 in 706 |
| 2011 | 126 | 460 | -7% | 1 in 767 |
| 2010 | 116 | 492 | +17% | 1 in 716 |
| 2009 | =129 | 419 | +4% | 1 in 821 |
| 2008 | 132 | 404 | -3% | 1 in 856 |
| 2007 | 133 | 418 | +28% | 1 in 803 |
| 2006 | =163 | 326 | +20% | 1 in 1,004 |
| 2005 | 185 | 272 | +34% | 1 in 1,159 |
| 2004 | 224 | 203 | +16% | 1 in 1,534 |
| 2003 | 249 | 175 | +14% | 1 in 1,732 |
| 2002 | 258 | 153 | +7% | 1 in 1,896 |
| 2001 | =271 | 143 | +3% | 1 in 2,028 |
| 2000 | 277 | 139 | +0% | 1 in 2,121 |
| 1999 | =270 | 139 | -20% | 1 in 2,177 |
| 1998 | =237 | 173 | +24% | n/a |
| 1997 | =271 | 139 | +19% | 1 in 2,255 |
| 1996 | =304 | 117 | 1 in 2,701 |
* ONS’s girls’ 2013 file repeats the May total as April, so the 2013 births total is about 1,360 too high and 1 in X for 2013 is slightly too high. 1 in X is not shown for girls in 1998: one monthly total is missing from the ONS girls’ 1998 file. Rank follows ONS: names with the same count share a rank (shown with =). “Under 3” means the name was given to fewer than 3 babies that year, so ONS did not publish it.
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Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0; National Records of Scotland; NISRA. Exact spellings are counted separately and names given to fewer than 3 babies are not published. Figures marked † are Baby Data calculations. How we calculate