Bethania — #13756 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bethania

The Social Security Administration has registered 229 babies named Bethania between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethania currently holds the #13756 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethania performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 127 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bethania shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bethania in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bethania 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 229 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.