Beverly is an English place name from the Old English beofor and leac, meaning "beaver stream", after the town of Beverley in Yorkshire. It came to America as a surname, became a girls' name through the glamour of Beverly Hills and belongs to the children's author Beverly Cleary. A top 20 name in the 1930s, Beverly has hovered between number 1000 and 1500 since 2000 and reached number 1018 in 2025, its best rank in this century.