Beth
Beth is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 53 births. Its best rank was 65th, in 1961, 1964, 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 530.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19616,716 births
- Best rank
- #65first in 1961
- Since 1884
- 159,385people given the name
The story in the numbers
159,385 girls have been named Beth in the United States since 1884, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 6,716 births — 0.33% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 53 births in 2024, against 6,716 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1964, and the 1960s alone account for 37%. It has spent 114 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 15 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Beth | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | |
| 1890s | 240 | |
| 1900s | 334 | |
| 1910s | 2,027 | |
| 1920s | 3,101 | |
| 1930s | 3,311 | |
| 1940s | 8,661 | |
| 1950s | 33,986 | |
| 1960s | 58,383 | |
| 1970s | 28,862 | |
| 1980s | 15,373 | |
| 1990s | 3,457 | |
| 2000s | 942 | |
| 2010s | 412 | |
| 2020s | 219 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Beth was the 65th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Beth
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Teressapeak 1960
- Jeanmariepeak 1963
- Carlapeak 1962
- Renatepeak 1961
- Jackipeak 1961
- Tereasapeak 1964
- Dannpeak 1962
- Terresapeak 1962
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.