Bethany
Bethany is ranked 727th among girls in 2024 (386 births). Its best rank was 87th, in 1987.
- Rank in 2024
- #727down 6 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3860.02% of girls
- Peak year
- 19873,294 births
- Best rank
- #87in 1987
- Since 1915
- 100,534people given the name
The story in the numbers
100,534 girls have been named Bethany in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 3,294 births — 0.19% of all girls recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 393 → 727).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1980s alone account for 29%. It has spent 76 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 6 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bethany | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 46 | |
| 1920s | 119 | |
| 1930s | 164 | |
| 1940s | 471 | |
| 1950s | 1,514 | |
| 1960s | 3,807 | |
| 1970s | 12,181 | |
| 1980s | 29,332 | |
| 1990s | 27,753 | |
| 2000s | 15,368 | |
| 2010s | 7,613 | |
| 2020s | 2,166 |
In 1987, its biggest year
Bethany was the 87th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Bethany
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kacypeak 1990
- Aleishapeak 1989
- Nishapeak 1984
- Rociopeak 1992
- Rebekahpeak 1996
- Shamarapeak 1989
- Desireepeak 1983
- Carissapeak 1992
Other spellings in the data
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.