Beryl

Boy · recorded 1890–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1912best year

Most popular in 1912.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1890

05611218901915194019641989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 79 recorded years as a table
Beryl, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189045
189249
189353
189443
189841
190265
190455
190568
190690
190748
190858
190943
191041
191162
1912112
191349
191463
191588
191665
191765
191868
191980
192064
192158
192256
192363
192468
192550
192643
192761
192846
192953
193049
193164
193260
193368
193456
193540
193636
193738
193830
193930
194028
194137
194222
194322
194434
194523
194617
194714
194820
194917
195016
195112
19529
195312
19543
19556
19566
19576
19587
19597
19607
19617
19628
19636
19645
19655
19665
19677
19686
19697
19703
19715
19733
19794
19813
19833
19892

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Beryl isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
5
Rank in 1989
#7,905
How rare
1 in 400,185 boys
Since 1890
2,338

Beryl was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1912, at 112 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Beryl doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.