Baby name
FADING
🇩🇪 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 Beverly
/BEV · er · lee/
Meaning
“Beaver meadow”
Old English from beaver stream; conveys nature imagery with streamlined American appeal
Nicknames
bev · beverly
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Beverly surged in the US from 1930s-1970s particularly as a feminine choice and has declined substantially since.
The cultural moment.
US shows clear peak-and-decline pattern from 1950s-1980s; UK and Australia follow with similar fading from that era.