Girls' name · since 1982
Bethanny
Bethanny has 239 recorded births since 1982 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2011 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bethanny sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 239 recorded since 1982.
Bethanny has 239 recorded births among girls since 1982, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1982 to 2018.
- #18,026 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 239 born since 1982
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bethanny ranks #18,026 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 239 born since 1982, peaking in the 2010s.
- #18,026 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 239
- born since 1982
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bethanny's 239 recorded births place it above 75.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Bethanny's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bethanny splits its recorded history at 2002: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1983 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2011 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bethanny popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1982–2018
- Peak year (2011)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Bethanny by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (87 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Bethanny's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Bethanny births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
77 births
- 2000s
2000s
59 births
- 2010s
2010s
87 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 87 births (36% of all-time use).
Bethanny by state
Where Bethanny concentrates geographically, total births since 1982
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 13 | 5.4% |
13 of 239 births nationwide.
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- California records the most Bethannys (13 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bethanny: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1982–2018 (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 Bethanny 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.