Recorded 2006–2016 Girls' name Peak 2006 27 births

Bethsy — girls' name

27 babies named Bethsy in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2006. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s162010s11
2000s
Peak decade

59% of everyone ever named Bethsy was born in this single decade.

2006
Single peak year

16 babies were named Bethsy in 2006 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bethsy

The Social Security Administration has registered 27 babies named Bethsy between 2006 and 2016, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bethsy currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2016. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bethsy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bethsy shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bethsy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bethsy 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 27 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.

Bethsy at a glance

Last recorded 2016

Total births

27

Since 2006

11 years of records

Peak year

2006

16 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2016

Active since

2006

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2016

Bethsy popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2006

Last recorded 2016
Peak year (2006)
16
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
05101520 201620102006 16

Bethsy by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
16 births that decade — 59% of Bethsy's all-time total
2000s162010s11

Bethsy by state

Where Bethsy concentrates geographically — total births since 2006

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bethsy
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
8 29.6%
California share of Bethsy's total US births 29.6%

8 of 27 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bethsy?
27 babies have been named Bethsy since 2006. It was last recorded in 2016. The peak year was 2006 with 16 births.
When was Bethsy most popular?
Bethsy was most popular in the 2000s decade with 16 total births. The single peak year was 2006.
Where is Bethsy most popular?
The top states for the name Bethsy are California (8 births).
How long has the name Bethsy been used?
Bethsy has been recorded in Social Security data since 2006, spanning 11 years of data through 2016.
What names are similar to Bethsy?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Betty, Beth, Bethany, Betsy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2006–2016 (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.