Bethani — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bethani

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,020 babies named Bethani between 1967 and 2015, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethani currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 46 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethani performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 350 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bethani shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Bethani in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bethani 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 1,020 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.