NameTides

Bethany

Bethany was the #751 girls' name in the US in 2025 (362 babies), and #585 in England & Wales and #626 in Canada.

Bethany as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Bethany as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesUS
Bethany as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#751 (362)#585 (67)#429 (7)#161 (11)#544 (6)#626 (48)—
2024#725 (389)#539 (72)#384 (8)#253 (6)#556 (6)#558 (53)—
2023#720 (390)#304 (143)#263 (14)#159 (12)#445 (8)#574 (50)—
2022#665 (444)#284 (161)#248 (15)#243 (7)#357 (11)#465 (63)—
2021#637 (465)#227 (219)#198 (21)#237 (7)#517 (7)#433 (71)—
2020#601 (483)#226 (207)#157 (26)#134 (15)#544 (6)#475 (63)—
2019#552 (550)#179 (277)#144 (32)#131 (16)#362 (11)#523 (60)—
2018#474 (658)#140 (370)#193 (23)#101 (24)#474 (8)#429 (75)—
2017#497 (629)#122 (450)#125 (38)#130 (18)#524 (7)#454 (72)—
2016#460 (692)#103 (556)#135 (36)#92 (28)#335 (13)#433 (78)—
2015#415 (770)#85 (648)#151 (31)#101 (24)#462 (9)#375 (91)—
2014#393 (829)#86 (648)#88 (57)#99 (24)#427 (10)#479 (68)—
2013#386 (803)#77 (710)#79 (62)#99 (25)#273 (18)#418 (77)—
2012#352 (904)#73 (868)#118 (41)#61 (42)#317 (16)#361 (89)—
2011#350 (915)#64 (913)#86 (58)#70 (34)#285 (18)#445 (72)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1987 at #87.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1915.

How common is it?

about 1 in 4,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 4,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 3,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Bethany is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,700 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 4,500 to 1 in 5,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bethany by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #420WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #659MNIllinois: #1,113ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #859NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #542INOhio: #514OHPennsylvania: #349PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #644CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #703CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #640MOKentucky: #383KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #606VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #659NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #819ALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #742TXFlorida: #1,112FL
Bethany (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#48326

Bethany (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BethanyCanadaGirls#62648
BethanyEngland & WalesGirls#58567
Bethany-England & WalesGirls—too few
BethanyIrelandGirls#5446
BethanyNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
BethanyNSWGirls—too few
BethanyScotlandGirls#4297
BethanyUSGirls#751362
BethanyUSBoys—too few