Beulah
Girl nameBeulah has been given to 73,465 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1916.
Meaning & origin /ˈbjuːlə/
A biblical name applied to the land of Israel in Isaiah 62:4, from Biblical Hebrew בְּעוּלָה (bəʿûlâ, “married (woman)”), taken up as a given name by Puritans and used figuratively for the New Earth.
Origin: Hebrew
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
73,465
Peak year
1916 (2,408 babies)
Rank in 2025
Below top 1000
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▲ +43%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Beulah
Beulah Bondi
American actress (1888/1889–1981)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
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