Bethany
#380 most common girls' name of all time · #696 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1915–2025
Rank among girls
#380
Rank overall
#696 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
111 of 146
All-time
101,086
Since 2016
5,062
Peak year
1987 #87
Best rank
#87 1987
Girls
Boys
peak 3,307/yr
Bethany first appears in 1915. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 362 | — | 362 | #753 |
| 2024 | 389 | — | 389 | #725 |
| 2023 | 390 | — | 390 | #720 |
| 2022 | 444 | — | 444 | #665 |
| 2021 | 465 | — | 465 | #638 |
| 2020 | 483 | — | 483 | #603 |
| 2019 | 550 | — | 550 | #552 |
| 2018 | 658 | — | 658 | #475 |
| 2017 | 629 | — | 629 | #497 |
| 2016 | 692 | — | 692 | #460 |
| 2015 | 770 | — | 770 | #416 |
| 2014 | 829 | — | 829 | #393 |
| 2013 | 803 | — | 803 | #387 |
| 2012 | 904 | — | 904 | #352 |
| 2011 | 915 | — | 915 | #350 |
| 2010 | 865 | — | 865 | #368 |
| 2009 | 965 | — | 965 | #341 |
| 2008 | 1,065 | — | 1,065 | #315 |
| 2007 | 1,168 | — | 1,168 | #291 |
| 2006 | 1,405 | — | 1,405 | #243 |
| 2005 | 1,504 | — | 1,504 | #227 |
| 2004 | 1,629 | 8 | 1,637 | #207 |
| 2003 | 1,619 | — | 1,619 | #205 |
| 2002 | 1,793 | — | 1,793 | #178 |
| 2001 | 2,030 | 5 | 2,035 | #158 |
| 2000 | 2,191 | — | 2,191 | #151 |
| 1999 | 2,303 | 7 | 2,310 | #140 |
| 1998 | 2,490 | — | 2,490 | #132 |
| 1997 | 2,623 | — | 2,623 | #121 |
| 1996 | 2,699 | — | 2,699 | #117 |
| 1995 | 2,743 | 5 | 2,748 | #116 |
| 1994 | 2,774 | — | 2,774 | #116 |
| 1993 | 2,840 | 6 | 2,846 | #115 |
| 1992 | 2,930 | 7 | 2,937 | #115 |
| 1991 | 3,113 | 5 | 3,118 | #109 |
| 1990 | 3,238 | 7 | 3,245 | #107 |
| 1989 | 3,081 | 15 | 3,096 | #102 |
| 1988 | 3,270 | 5 | 3,275 | #89 |
| 1987 | 3,294 | 13 | 3,307 | #87 |
| 1986 | 3,082 | 7 | 3,089 | #91 |
| 1985 | 2,959 | 9 | 2,968 | #94 |
| 1984 | 2,980 | 10 | 2,990 | #93 |
| 1983 | 2,765 | 13 | 2,778 | #99 |
| 1982 | 2,713 | 11 | 2,724 | #112 |
| 1981 | 2,690 | 11 | 2,701 | #114 |
| 1980 | 2,497 | 10 | 2,507 | #124 |
| 1979 | 2,094 | 8 | 2,102 | #135 |
| 1978 | 1,764 | 6 | 1,770 | #155 |
| 1977 | 1,532 | — | 1,532 | #176 |
| 1976 | 1,293 | — | 1,293 | #192 |
| 1975 | 1,136 | — | 1,136 | #218 |
| 1974 | 1,181 | 5 | 1,186 | #217 |
| 1973 | 1,042 | — | 1,042 | #243 |
| 1972 | 781 | 5 | 786 | #309 |
| 1971 | 654 | — | 654 | #364 |
| 1970 | 703 | 6 | 709 | #356 |
| 1969 | 623 | — | 623 | #372 |
| 1968 | 501 | — | 501 | #423 |
| 1967 | 475 | — | 475 | #430 |
| 1966 | 430 | — | 430 | #455 |
| 1965 | 387 | — | 387 | #483 |
| 1964 | 367 | — | 367 | #511 |
| 1963 | 334 | — | 334 | #531 |
| 1962 | 249 | — | 249 | #640 |
| 1961 | 226 | — | 226 | #699 |
| 1960 | 215 | — | 215 | #695 |
| 1959 | 199 | — | 199 | #708 |
| 1958 | 146 | — | 146 | #848 |
| 1957 | 158 | — | 158 | #806 |
| 1956 | 156 | — | 156 | #797 |
| 1955 | 170 | — | 170 | #728 |
| 1954 | 173 | — | 173 | #707 |
| 1953 | 120 | — | 120 | #851 |
| 1952 | 130 | — | 130 | #793 |
| 1951 | 145 | — | 145 | #725 |
| 1950 | 117 | — | 117 | #807 |
| 1949 | 96 | — | 96 | #908 |
| 1948 | 71 | — | 71 | #1,054 |
| 1947 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,329 |
| 1946 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,225 |
| 1945 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,396 |
| 1944 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,394 |
| 1943 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,246 |
| 1942 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,114 |
| 1941 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,735 |
| 1940 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,728 |
| 1939 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,397 |
| 1938 | 20 | — | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1937 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,287 |
| 1936 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,987 |
| 1935 | 22 | — | 22 | #1,654 |
| 1934 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,689 |
| 1933 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,616 |
| 1931 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,285 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,267 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | 13 | #2,573 |
| 1928 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,492 |
| 1927 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,329 |
| 1926 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,482 |
| 1925 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,009 |
| 1924 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,599 |
| 1923 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,168 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,601 |
| 1921 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,933 |
| 1920 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,078 |
| 1919 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,510 |
| 1918 | 11 | — | 11 | #3,010 |
| 1917 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,421 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,241 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,138 |