girl's name
Beulah
BYOO-luh
- Origin Hebrew
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 2
- Letters 6
- Popularity Rare
- Births on record 73,614
Beulah means married, and it is a place before it is a person — Isaiah calls the restored land Beulah, and Bunyan turned it into the country just short of heaven in Pilgrim's Progress.
- Beulah is a name of Hebrew origin.
- Peaked in 1916, when 2,408 babies were given the name.
- After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival.
- Today about 1 in 165,782 babies in the United States is given this name.
- 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Beulah over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,866 |
| 1890s | 6,797 |
| 1900s | 9,733 |
| 1910s | 18,949 |
| 1920s | 18,685 |
| 1930s | 8,719 |
| 1940s | 4,408 |
| 1950s | 1,780 |
| 1960s | 671 |
| 1970s | 286 |
| 1980s | 169 |
| 1990s | 84 |
| 2000s | 79 |
| 2010s | 135 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 104 |
What Beulah means
Beulah means married, or possessed as a wife. The Hebrew is a passive participle applied to land rather than to a woman in its original use.
Where Beulah comes from
Beulah is the Hebrew be'ulah, married — used in Isaiah of the land of Israel restored, no longer forsaken but wedded to God. Bunyan made Beulah Land a place in Pilgrim's Progress, a pleasant country within sight of the Celestial City, and nineteenth-century hymns fixed it in that sense. English speakers then took it as a given name, so a description of land became a woman's name by two removes. Our data marks it reviving.
Beulah in use
Beulah peaked in the United States in 1916, when 2,408 babies were registered, and our data marks it reviving. It charts in two of the seven markets we track — 4046th in England and Wales and 6031st in the United States on 20 births — across 73,614 lifetime births. It is one of eight reviving names in this group, which is the highest proportion we have recorded in a single sweep.
How popular is Beulah?
In 2025, Beulah was given to 20 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.
Where Beulah is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Beulah
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Beulah also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Beulah over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Beulah in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Beula
Sibling names for Beulah
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Beulah — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Beulah
What does the name Beulah mean?
Married — the Hebrew be'ulah, used in Isaiah of land restored rather than of a woman.
What is Beulah Land?
A place in Pilgrim's Progress within sight of the Celestial City, fixed by nineteenth-century hymns.
Is Beulah coming back?
Our data marks it reviving, though from a low base.
How popular is Beulah?
6031st in the United States, down from a 1916 peak of 2,408 births.
Is Beulah a girl's or a boy's name?
Beulah is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
How many syllables are in Beulah?
Beulah has 2 syllables.
Is Beulah a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Beulah currently ranks #4,046 in the United States. After peaking in the 1910s it fell out of use, and is now climbing again — a classic revival. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.