Bevan vs Beverlee

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Bevan Beverlee

Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.

Who was ahead

Of the 101 years in which either name was published, Beverlee for 61 years and Bevan for 40 years. The lead changed hands 12 times.

• 1915–1972 Beverlee ahead, apart from one short spell
• 1976–1978 Bevan ahead
• 1979–1981 Beverlee ahead
• 1982–2024 Bevan ahead, apart from 2 short spells

6 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.

Side by side

A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.

Which name is older

Half of the Beverlees alive today are over 72; half the Bevans are over 39. That is 33 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.

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