Bethaney — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bethaney

The Social Security Administration has registered 632 babies named Bethaney between 1965 and 2014, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethaney currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethaney performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 220 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bethaney shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bethaney in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bethaney in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 632 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.