Girls' name · since 1950
Bethanie
3,733 babies named Bethanie in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #3,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,083 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,733
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bethanie currently ranks #11083 among girls' names in America, with 3,733 babies recorded since 1950.
Bethanie has 3,733 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11083 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #3,112 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,083 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 3,733 born since 1950
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bethanie ranks #3,112 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,083 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 3,733 born since 1950, peaking in the 1990s.
- #3,112 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,083 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 3,733
- born since 1950
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bethanie's 3,733 recorded births place it above 95.69% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
27 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Bethanie compares
3,733 Top 16% higher than 84% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bethanie's all-time total is 10x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bethanie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 3,733 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 131 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bethanie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bethanie's full recorded timeline at 1989, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 131 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bethanie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 131
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Bethanie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (1,145 births, 31% of the file).
1990s was Bethanie's strongest decade.
1,145 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Bethanie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 40
1950s
40 births
- 1960s 184
1960s
184 births
- 1970s 452
1970s
452 births
- 1980s
1980s
868 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,145 births
- 2000s
2000s
687 births
- 2010s 300
2010s
300 births
- 2020s 57
2020s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 1,145 births (31% of all-time use).
How Bethanie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bethanie's total volume
Bethanie by state
Where Bethanie concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 309 | 8.3% |
| #2 | California | | 262 | 7.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 130 | 3.5% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 70 | 1.9% |
| #5 | New York | | 55 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 55 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Pennsylvania | | 53 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 39 | 1.0% |
309 of 3,733 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 27 reporting states.
Bethanie appears in 27 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bethanie's data
- Bethanie's decade-level peak was the 1990s (1,145 total births); usage has since declined to 57 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Bethanies (309 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bethanie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~75 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bethanie draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.