I think it could make a comeback if there were a young
Beverly in a popular show or movie, or maybe if a celebrity named their child
Beverly.
I like it way better than
Everly, which is definitely in the "trendy nonsense" category in my book, but I don't really care for
Beverly, either. It's just not a pretty sound to me, especially "
Bev." I like other popular names from
Beverly's era, though -- it peaked at #14 for American girls in 1937. Here is the top 20 that year; I've starred the ones I'd be happy to see on a baby born in 2019.
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Mary*
Barbara*
PatriciaShirley*
Betty*
CarolNancy*
Dorothy*
Joan*
MargaretJoyce*
Helen*
MarilynBeverly*
Ruth*
Virginia*
ElizabethJanet*
Frances*
Carolyn