Bethena — girls' name
48 babies named Bethena in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1917. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Bethena was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Bethena in 1917 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bethena
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Bethena between 1916 and 1968, spanning 53 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethena currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1968. The name reached its historical peak in 1917, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethena performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 17 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bethena shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bethena 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 48 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.
Bethena at a glance
Last recorded 1968Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bethena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1916
- Peak year (1917)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 53 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1968.
48 total births across 53 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1917 with 6 births in a single year.
Bethena by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 17 births that decade — 35% of Bethena's all-time total
Bethena decade highlights
- Peak decade 17 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Bethena's strongest decade
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1916–1968 (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.