Fun Facts About the Name Beauty
- 755 babies named Beauty: U.S. records list 755 babies given the name Beauty from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Beauty Mean?
Beauty is an English word name meaning "loveliness" or "beauty." It comes from the English noun beauty, which was borrowed into Middle English from Old French beauté. The French word goes back to Vulgar Latin *bellitatem, from Latin bellus, "pretty, handsome, charming." The literal root sense is physical attractiveness or charm. As a personal name, Beauty uses that noun directly; it is not a separate name with an independent etymology.
Beauty Name History & Origins
Beauty is not one of the standard English virtue names such as Grace, Hope, or Prudence; it names an aesthetic quality rather than a moral virtue. A prominent literary association is with English versions of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast, where the heroine is called Beauty; in the French tale she is Belle. That character is named with the ordinary word for beauty, and the tale is a literary use of the word rather than evidence that it created the given name. The title Sleeping Beauty uses beauty as a descriptive phrase, not as the princess's personal name in the older tellings. The exact earliest use of Beauty as a given name is not established.
How Popular is the Name Beauty?
Beauty has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2018. Its best rank was #1,458 in 1902.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #6,156 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2024 | #8,006 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2023 | #5,779 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 2022 | #5,186 | 25 | 0.0015% |
| 2021 | #6,732 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #5,185 | 24 | 0.0015% |
| 2019 | #6,459 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #4,790 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2017 | #8,356 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #8,473 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2015 | #8,533 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2014 | #8,552 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2013 | #5,519 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2012 | #7,507 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #6,601 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #9,883 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2009 | #8,514 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2008 | #14,066 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2007 | #10,939 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #11,584 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #10,236 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2004 | #10,818 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2003 | #10,545 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2002 | #10,359 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #10,004 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1999 | #11,546 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #11,914 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #10,500 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1956 | #6,017 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1954 | #4,692 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1953 | #4,619 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #5,616 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1951 | #2,945 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1950 | #5,357 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1949 | #4,272 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1948 | #3,913 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1947 | #4,794 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1946 | #5,008 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1944 | #4,623 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1943 | #3,831 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1942 | #2,832 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1941 | #3,593 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1940 | #4,418 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1939 | #2,942 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1938 | #3,476 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1937 | #3,844 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1936 | #2,706 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1935 | #2,750 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1934 | #2,431 | 12 | 0.0011% |
| 1933 | #2,702 | 10 | 0.0010% |
| 1932 | #3,068 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1931 | #3,895 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1930 | #3,382 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1929 | #2,450 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1928 | #3,456 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1927 | #3,306 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1926 | #2,582 | 13 | 0.0011% |
| 1925 | #4,072 | 7 | 0.0006% |
| 1924 | #3,167 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #2,934 | 11 | 0.0009% |
| 1922 | #3,176 | 10 | 0.0008% |
| 1921 | #2,784 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1920 | #2,275 | 16 | 0.0013% |
| 1919 | #2,522 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1918 | #4,888 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1916 | #3,967 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1915 | #2,153 | 14 | 0.0014% |
| 1914 | #3,232 | 6 | 0.0008% |
| 1910 | #1,788 | 8 | 0.0020% |
| 1903 | #1,820 | 5 | 0.0019% |
| 1902 | #1,458 | 7 | 0.0027% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Beauty Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You can go to great heights and equally great depths. You are emotional and fixed in your opinions. You are hospitable, sentimental, often psychic, sometimes moody. You are ruled by love and the lack of it and feel a need to be encouraged and appreciated. You have an eventful, exciting life. You are versatile and have the ability to learn easily.
You are always looking for an opportunity to achieve financial and emotional security. You are basically peacemaker. You understand the law of harmony and desire to balance your life with those around you. You may feel incomplete without someone to share your love, ideals, wealth or work. You can be very sensitive and could appear a bit shy and perceptive. You have developed intuition, patience and the ability to nurture others. You can achieve the state of happiness if you are willing to accept your needs in a complimentary relationship and go to create them.
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