Bethany
Rank in 2025
#751
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
362
girls 362
Peak year
1987
3,294 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
101,086
since 1915
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Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Bethany was most popular in 1987, when 3,294 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.9 per 1,000). In 2025, 362 babies were named Bethany, ranking #751 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 30%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 362 | 751 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 389 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 390 | 720 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 444 | 665 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 465 | 637 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 483 | 601 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 550 | 552 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 658 | 474 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 629 | 497 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 692 | 460 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 770 | 415 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 829 | 393 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 803 | 386 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 904 | 352 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 915 | 350 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 865 | 368 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 965 | 341 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 1,065 | 315 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 1,168 | 291 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 1,405 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 1,504 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 1,629 | 207 | 8 | 8143 |
| 2003 | 1,619 | 204 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 1,793 | 178 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 2,030 | 158 | 5 | 10556 |
| 2000 | 2,191 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 2,303 | 140 | 7 | 7874 |
| 1998 | 2,490 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 2,623 | 121 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 2,699 | 117 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 2,743 | 116 | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | 2,774 | 116 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 2,840 | 115 | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | 2,930 | 115 | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | 3,113 | 109 | 5 | 8236 |
| 1990 | 3,238 | 107 | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | 3,081 | 102 | 15 | 3618 |
| 1988 | 3,270 | 89 | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | 3,294 | 87 | 13 | 3521 |
| 1986 | 3,082 | 91 | 7 | 5332 |
| 1985 | 2,959 | 94 | 9 | 4333 |
| 1984 | 2,980 | 93 | 10 | 3925 |
| 1983 | 2,765 | 99 | 13 | 3230 |
| 1982 | 2,713 | 112 | 11 | 3692 |
| 1981 | 2,690 | 114 | 11 | 3601 |
| 1980 | 2,497 | 124 | 10 | 3838 |
| 1979 | 2,094 | 135 | 8 | 4403 |
| 1978 | 1,764 | 155 | 6 | 5059 |
| 1977 | 1,532 | 176 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 1,293 | 192 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 1,136 | 218 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 1,181 | 216 | 5 | 5227 |
| 1973 | 1,042 | 243 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 781 | 309 | 5 | 4986 |
| 1971 | 654 | 363 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 703 | 356 | 6 | 4230 |
| 1969 | 623 | 372 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 501 | 422 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 475 | 430 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 430 | 453 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 387 | 483 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 367 | 511 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 334 | 531 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 249 | 640 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 226 | 697 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 215 | 694 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 199 | 708 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 146 | 844 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 158 | 805 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 156 | 792 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 170 | 727 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 173 | 706 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 120 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 130 | 791 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 145 | 725 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 117 | 803 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 96 | 903 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 71 | 1049 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 48 | 1318 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 50 | 1220 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 34 | 1374 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 34 | 1381 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 43 | 1228 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 51 | 1101 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 22 | 1696 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 22 | 1682 | <5 | — |
| 1939 | 29 | 1378 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 20 | 1752 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 14 | 2196 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 6 | 3701 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 22 | 1606 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 21 | 1651 | <5 | — |
| 1933 | 17 | 1906 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 12 | 2490 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 14 | 2205 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 9 | 3055 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 13 | 2437 | <5 | — |
| 1928 | 6 | 4195 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 16 | 2256 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 9 | 3269 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 20 | 1946 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 9 | 3393 | <5 | — |
| 1923 | 18 | 2091 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 9 | 3379 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 8 | 3666 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 11 | 2899 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 14 | 2384 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 11 | 2822 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 6 | 4083 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 9 | 3031 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 6 | 3795 | <5 | — |
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Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years