Bethany — #728 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bethany

The Social Security Administration has registered 100,534 babies named Bethany between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethany currently holds the #728 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 3,294 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethany performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 29,332 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Bethany shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,787 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Bethany in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bethany 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 100,534 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.