Bethina — girls' name
20 babies named Bethina in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Bethina was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Bethina in 1964 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bethina
The Social Security Administration has registered 20 babies named Bethina between 1964 and 1981, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethina performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bethina shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bethina 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 20 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.
Bethina at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bethina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1964
- Peak year (1964)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
20 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1964 with 5 births in a single year.
Bethina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 10 births that decade — 50% of Bethina's all-time total
Bethina decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Bethina's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1964–1981 (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.