Girls' name · since 1948
Bethe
34 babies named Bethe in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1953. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
34 girls have been named Bethe since 1948, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bethe has been recorded 34 times among girls since 1948, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1948 to 1966.
- #39,402 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1948
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bethe ranks #39,402 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1948, peaking in the 1960s.
- #39,402 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1948
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bethe's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bethe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bethe splits its recorded history at 1963: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1948 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1953 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bethe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1948–1966
- Peak year (1953)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Bethe by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (17 births, 50% of the file).
1960s was Bethe's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Bethe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 17 births (50% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bethe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~18 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, 1948–1966 (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 Bethe 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.