Girls' name · since 1979
Bethannie
Bethannie has 143 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1994 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bethannie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 143 have been recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bethannie has been recorded 143 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2016.
- #23,250 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 143 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bethannie ranks #23,250 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 143 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #23,250 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 143
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Bethannie's 143 recorded births place it above 67.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bethannie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bethannie splits its recorded history at 1999: 52% of all births land in the more recent half, 48% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bethannie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2016
- Peak year (1994)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Bethannie by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (56 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Bethannie's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Bethannie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
- 1990s
1990s
56 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 21
2010s
21 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 56 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Bethannie's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (56 total births) through the 2010s (21) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~37 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, 1979–2016 (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 Bethannie 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.