Betheny — girls' name

What the Data Says About Betheny

The Social Security Administration has registered 268 babies named Betheny between 1959 and 2015, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Betheny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Betheny performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Betheny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Betheny in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Betheny 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 268 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.