Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Beth

#261 most common girls' name of all time · #482 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1884–2025

Rank among girls
#261
Rank overall
#482 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
159,755
Since 2016
420
Peak year
1961 #65
Best rank
#65 1961
Girls Boys peak 6,731/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Beth first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 45 — 45 #3,394
2024 53 — 53 #3,049
2023 31 — 31 #4,459
2022 40 — 40 #3,769
2021 52 — 52 #3,115
2020 43 — 43 #3,502
2019 33 — 33 #4,263
2018 46 — 46 #3,399
2017 38 — 38 #3,926
2016 39 — 39 #3,854
2015 44 — 44 #3,538
2014 45 — 45 #3,491
2013 35 — 35 #4,161
2012 47 — 47 #3,421
2011 49 — 49 #3,306
2010 36 — 36 #4,109
2009 40 — 40 #3,876
2008 69 — 69 #2,666
2007 61 — 61 #2,936
2006 85 — 85 #2,251
2005 57 — 57 #2,870
2004 103 — 103 #1,839
2003 103 — 103 #1,814
2002 107 — 107 #1,709
2001 156 — 156 #1,259
2000 161 — 161 #1,232
1999 175 — 175 #1,128
1998 193 — 193 #1,029
1997 238 — 238 #859
1996 239 — 239 #835
1995 283 — 283 #723
1994 315 — 315 #673
1993 346 — 346 #645
1992 461 — 461 #516
1991 544 — 544 #456
1990 663 — 663 #392
1989 677 5 682 #375
1988 862 — 862 #289
1987 930 7 937 #267
1986 1,135 6 1,141 #228
1985 1,341 6 1,347 #199
1984 1,632 — 1,632 #168
1983 1,635 7 1,642 #169
1982 2,003 — 2,003 #148
1981 2,310 9 2,319 #125
1980 2,848 10 2,858 #106
1979 2,688 8 2,696 #118
1978 2,740 9 2,749 #107
1977 2,967 9 2,976 #97
1976 2,306 10 2,316 #114
1975 2,323 8 2,331 #120
1974 2,523 8 2,531 #117
1973 2,563 7 2,570 #117
1972 2,817 8 2,825 #113
1971 3,686 7 3,693 #100
1970 4,247 12 4,259 #92
1969 4,460 9 4,469 #82
1968 4,765 14 4,779 #74
1967 5,186 15 5,201 #67
1966 5,444 17 5,461 #65
1965 5,774 12 5,786 #66
1964 6,686 12 6,698 #65
1963 6,677 19 6,696 #66
1962 6,419 12 6,431 #66
1961 6,716 15 6,731 #65
1960 6,257 10 6,267 #72
1959 6,069 12 6,081 #80
1958 4,978 11 4,989 #95
1957 4,351 8 4,359 #108
1956 3,799 8 3,807 #117
1955 3,272 8 3,280 #133
1954 3,034 7 3,041 #130
1953 2,564 — 2,564 #142
1952 2,360 — 2,360 #146
1951 1,980 — 1,980 #156
1950 1,580 — 1,580 #177
1949 1,357 — 1,357 #201
1948 1,087 — 1,087 #224
1947 1,179 — 1,179 #217
1946 962 — 962 #232
1945 806 — 806 #234
1944 750 — 750 #240
1943 785 — 785 #243
1942 664 — 664 #268
1941 601 — 601 #260
1940 470 — 470 #292
1939 501 — 501 #279
1938 406 — 406 #310
1937 371 — 371 #323
1936 326 — 326 #350
1935 343 — 343 #345
1934 343 — 343 #343
1933 256 — 256 #404
1932 276 — 276 #394
1931 238 — 238 #419
1930 251 — 251 #416
1929 262 — 262 #409
1928 290 — 290 #396
1927 310 — 310 #388
1926 329 — 329 #373
1925 315 — 315 #385
1924 319 — 319 #381
1923 287 — 287 #394
1922 284 — 284 #387
1921 356 — 356 #347
1920 349 — 349 #351
1919 355 — 355 #340
1918 335 — 335 #354
1917 298 — 298 #365
1916 285 — 285 #365
1915 209 — 209 #416
1914 173 — 173 #402
1913 129 — 129 #436
1912 123 — 123 #424
1911 57 — 57 #570
1910 63 — 63 #518
1909 54 — 54 #515
1908 49 — 49 #526
1907 36 — 36 #629
1906 31 — 31 #658
1905 22 — 22 #791
1904 30 — 30 #637
1903 32 — 32 #586
1902 28 — 28 #640
1901 23 — 23 #680
1900 29 — 29 #675
1899 32 — 32 #536
1898 22 — 22 #717
1897 27 — 27 #591
1896 29 — 29 #575
1895 22 — 22 #682
1894 24 — 24 #608
1893 27 — 27 #545
1892 18 — 18 #705
1891 24 — 24 #540
1890 15 — 15 #724
1889 26 — 26 #498
1888 8 — 8 #1,019
1887 11 — 11 #728
1886 17 — 17 #555
1885 9 — 9 #786
1884 6 — 6 #1,003