Name profile

Beryl

This name comes from the English word for the clear or pale green precious stone, ultimately deriving from Sanskrit.

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#10,917

Meaning and history

Beryl is a given name derived from the English word for the clear or pale green precious stone, ultimately from Sanskrit, and it first came into use in the 19th century.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: no US SSA record for this spelling
2007: 7 births, rank #13,924
2008: 5 births, rank #17,504
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: 10 births, rank #10,451
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: 12 births, rank #9,109
2013: 10 births, rank #10,235
2014: 14 births, rank #8,053
2015: 9 births, rank #10,866
20162016: 9 births, rank #10,859
2017: 14 births, rank #7,840
2018: 9 births, rank #10,545
2019: 8 births, rank #11,356
2020: 9 births, rank #10,250
20212021: no US SSA record for this spelling
2022: 9 births, rank #10,383
2023: 9 births, rank #10,312
2024: 8 births, rank #11,122
20252025: 8 births, rank #10,917

Beryl rose from #989 to #910 for girls between 1956 and 1957. Its highest annual birth count came in 1920, with 311 births.