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How popular is the name Bea?
Births per year, rank history and how many Beas are alive today.
Bea (female) is a shortened form of the name Beatrix. Although Bea itself was given to 44 babies in England and Wales in 2025 (ranked 816th as a registered name), most Beas are registered as Beatrix, which ranked 265th in 2025 with 173 babies.
Most people called Bea are registered as Beatrix, and share that name's profile: the Beatrix you are most likely to meet is around 8 years old. Half of all Beatrixes born in England and Wales are between 5 and 13, and there are at least 5,200 of them alive today. Only some Beatrixs go by Bea.
How many babies are named Bea or Beatrix each year?
Combined registrations of Beatrix, Bea. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does Beatrix rank as a registered name?
Where does Bea rank as a registered name?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
Is Bea short for Beatrix?
Yes - Bea is a shortened form of Beatrix. Beas are usually registered as Beatrix at birth.
When was the name Bea most popular?
The full name Beatrix peaked in 2017, when 390 babies in England and Wales were given the name. Bea itself peaked as a registered name in 2019, with 55 babies.
How many people are called Bea?
There's no official count of people who go by Bea, because it's a nickname rather than a registered name. What we can say: at least 5,200 people registered as Beatrix born in England and Wales are alive today, and some of them go by Bea.
How old is the typical Bea?
Most people called Bea are registered as Beatrix. Most living Beatrixes are between 5 and 13; the most common age is about 8.
Is Bea becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2017 peak.