Recorded 1979–2016 Girls' name Peak 1994 143 births

Bethannie — girls' name

143 babies named Bethannie in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s51980s121990s562000s492010s21
1990s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Bethannie was born in this single decade.

1994
Single peak year

11 babies were named Bethannie in 1994 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bethannie

The Social Security Administration has registered 143 babies named Bethannie between 1979 and 2016, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethannie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethannie performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bethannie shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bethannie 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 143 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.

Bethannie at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

143

Since 1979

38 years of records

Peak year

1994

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

1979

Recorded for 38 years

Last year on file: 2016

Bethannie popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–1979

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (1994)
11
Annual births at peak — across 38 years of records
4681012 20162010200420011997199419881979 5

Bethannie by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
56 births that decade — 39% of Bethannie's all-time total
1970s51980s121990s562000s492010s21

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bethannie?
143 babies have been named Bethannie since 1979. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 1994 with 11 births.
When was Bethannie most popular?
Bethannie was most popular in the 1990s decade with 56 total births. The single peak year was 1994.
How long has the name Bethannie been used?
Bethannie has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 38 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Bethannie?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Betty, Beth, Bethany, Betsy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2016 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.