NameTides

Bethel

Bethel was the #3,389 girls' name in the US in 2025 (45 babies), and #1,315 in England & Wales and #1,373 in Canada.

Bethel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Bethel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Bethel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,389 (45)#1,315 (24)#1,373 (18)
2024#3,639 (42)#1,895 (15)#3,383 (5)
2023#3,640 (42)#1,371 (23)#1,678 (13)
2022#3,653 (42)#1,501 (20)#2,553 (7)
2021#2,715 (63)#2,499 (10)#1,381 (17)
2020#2,966 (54)#2,300 (11)#1,490 (15)
2019#2,891 (57)#2,286 (11)#1,186 (21)
2018#2,238 (82)#2,090 (13)#1,862 (11)
2017#2,635 (66)#2,090 (13)#1,382 (17)
2016#2,366 (79)#1,571 (20)#1,906 (11)
2015#2,555 (70)#1,601 (19)#1,427 (16)
2014#2,888 (59)#1,562 (19)#2,905 (6)
2013#3,218 (50)#1,639 (18)#1,913 (11)
2012#3,134 (53)#1,809 (16)#2,158 (9)
2011#3,350 (48)#2,025 (13)#2,899 (6)

Bethel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Bethel as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Bethel as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#10,695 (6)#2,664 (8)
2024—#3,689 (5)
2022#12,330 (5)#4,790 (3)
2020#10,605 (6)—
2017—#4,812 (3)
2016#8,146 (9)—
2013#10,728 (6)#4,685 (3)
2012#12,274 (5)—
2007—#3,589 (4)
2004#8,927 (7)—
1983#6,238 (5)—
1977#5,123 (6)—
1975#4,797 (6)—
1970#4,724 (5)—
1969#3,314 (8)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1917 at #632.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1890.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.
  • In 2025, 88% of US babies named Bethel were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 36,000 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 36,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
USBoys2025about 1 in 250,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 34,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Bethel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 42,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 31,000 to 1 in 57,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Bethel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: fewer than 5 babiesCAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Bethel (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BethelCanadaGirls#1,37318
BethelEngland & WalesGirls#1,31524
BethelEngland & WalesBoys#2,6648
BethelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BethelUSGirls#3,38945
BethelUSBoys#10,6956