Betania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- beh-TAH-nyah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Betania is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Betania mean?
Hebrew: Spanish and Portuguese form of Bethany, the biblical village
In the Gospels, Bethany near Jerusalem was the home of Mary, Martha and Lazarus.
Is Betania a girl's or a boy's name?
Betania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Betania in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 7 girls.
Betania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Betania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Betania, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 1983.
2025 had fewer girls named Betania than any year since 2011.
Half of all the girls named Betania in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Betania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 42 | #3,626 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
Names like Betania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isabella, Aria, Mia, Sophia, Ava, Eliza, Bella, Talia, Eliana, Emilia, Delilah, Isla
Names related to Betania
Bethany, Bethan, Bitania, Bethanie, Bettina, Bethani, Bethannie, Bethann, Bethania
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Betania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/betania, updated 20 October 2026.