Bethany Girl
How popular is Bethany?
#751 girl name in 2025
362 baby girls were named Bethany in the US in 2025, making it the 751st most popular girl name.
Bethany popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #751 for girls (▼ 26 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 362 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-53% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #415 in 2015, #601 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1987 (3,294 girls) |
| Highest rank | #87 in 1987 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Bethany counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Bethany family of names ranked #710 for girls in 2025 (#696 the year before), with 370 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Bethany | 362 | 98% |
| Bethanie | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Bethany is most popular
Babies named Bethany per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.6 per 1,000 (134 girls)
- Indiana: 0.5 per 1,000 (76 girls)
- Kentucky: 0.5 per 1,000 (41 girls)
- Ohio: 0.4 per 1,000 (106 girls)
- Utah: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 girls)
Bethany by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 46 | #2,384 |
| 1920s | 119 | #1,945 |
| 1930s | 164 | #1,378 |
| 1940s | 471 | #902 |
| 1950s | 1,514 | #705 |
| 1960s | 3,807 | #372 |
| 1970s | 12,180 | #135 |
| 1980s | 29,331 | #87 |
| 1990s | 27,753 | #107 |
| 2000s | 15,369 | #151 |
| 2010s | 7,615 | #350 |
| 2020s | 2,533 | #601 |
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Questions
- Is Bethany a boy or girl name?
- Bethany is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Bethany were girls.
- How popular is the name Bethany?
- 362 baby girls were named Bethany in the US in 2025, making it the 751st most popular girl name.
- When was Bethany most popular?
- Bethany peaked in 1987, when 3,294 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #87 in 1987.
- How many people are named Bethany?
- 101,086 babies have been named Bethany in the US since 1880. We estimate about 97,894 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Bethany most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Bethany was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.6 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.