Bethany
Girl · BETH-a-nee · Hebrew
Bethany is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 511th for girls in the UK (85 babies) and 751st for girls in the US (362 babies).
What does Bethany mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name, from Hebrew or Aramaic
Bethany was the village near Jerusalem where, in the Gospels, Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.
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Is Bethany a girl's or a boy's name?
Bethany is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 85 girls in the UK and 362 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bethany in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #511among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 85about 1 in 3,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 66% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 85 girls in the UK were named Bethany, making it the 511th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 216th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4,387 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 27 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Bethany since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Bethany in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2007. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 585th in England and Wales, 429th in Scotland and 161st in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1994 (#15), 2004 (#28) and 2014 (#86).
Bethany in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 85 | #511 |
| 2024 | 86 | #514 |
| 2023 | 169 | #296 |
| 2022 | 183 | #275 |
| 2021 | 247 | #229 |
| 2020 | 248 | #216 |
| 2019 | 325 | #176 |
| 2018 | 417 | #145 |
| 2017 | 506 | #123 |
| 2016 | 620 | #104 |
| 2015 | 703 | #93 |
| 2014 | 729 | #86 |
| 2013 | 797 | #79 |
| 2012 | 951 | #72 |
| 2011 | 1,005 | #64 |
| 2010 | 1,115 | #60 |
| 2009 | 1,238 | #55 |
| 2008 | 1,265 | #57 |
| 2007 | 1,332 | #51 |
| 2006 | 1,510 | #42 |
| 2005 | 1,662 | #38 |
| 2004 | 1,844 | #29 |
| 2003 | 2,405 | #23 |
| 2002 | 2,826 | #18 |
| 2001 | 2,995 | #19 |
| 2000 | 3,957 | #14 |
| 1999 | 4,277 | #13 |
| 1998 | 4,287 | #15 |
| 1997 | 4,247 | #15 |
| 1996 | 4,387 | #14 |
How popular is Bethany in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #751among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 362about 1 in 4,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 362 girls in the US were named Bethany, making it the 751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 601st. Its busiest year was 1987, with 3,294 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Bethany than any year since 1963.
Half of all the girls named Bethany in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 370 girls in the US were given Bethany or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #737, up from #751 for this spelling alone.
- Bethany 362
- Bethanie 8
Bethany in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 362 | #751 |
| 2024 | 389 | #725 |
| 2023 | 390 | #720 |
| 2022 | 444 | #665 |
| 2021 | 465 | #637 |
| 2020 | 483 | #601 |
| 2019 | 550 | #552 |
| 2018 | 658 | #474 |
| 2017 | 629 | #497 |
| 2016 | 692 | #460 |
| 2015 | 770 | #415 |
| 2014 | 829 | #393 |
| 2013 | 803 | #386 |
| 2012 | 904 | #352 |
| 2011 | 915 | #350 |
| 2010 | 865 | #368 |
| 2009 | 965 | #341 |
| 2008 | 1,065 | #315 |
| 2007 | 1,168 | #291 |
| 2006 | 1,405 | #243 |
| 2005 | 1,504 | #227 |
| 2004 | 1,629 | #207 |
| 2003 | 1,619 | #204 |
| 2002 | 1,793 | #178 |
| 2001 | 2,030 | #158 |
| 2000 | 2,191 | #151 |
| 1999 | 2,303 | #140 |
| 1998 | 2,490 | #132 |
| 1997 | 2,623 | #121 |
| 1996 | 2,699 | #117 |
| 1995 | 2,743 | #116 |
| 1994 | 2,774 | #116 |
| 1993 | 2,840 | #115 |
| 1992 | 2,930 | #115 |
| 1991 | 3,113 | #109 |
| 1990 | 3,238 | #107 |
| 1989 | 3,081 | #102 |
| 1988 | 3,270 | #89 |
| 1987 | 3,294 | #87 |
| 1986 | 3,082 | #91 |
| 1985 | 2,959 | #94 |
| 1984 | 2,980 | #93 |
| 1983 | 2,765 | #99 |
| 1982 | 2,713 | #112 |
| 1981 | 2,690 | #114 |
| 1980 | 2,497 | #124 |
| 1979 | 2,094 | #135 |
| 1978 | 1,764 | #155 |
| 1977 | 1,532 | #176 |
| 1976 | 1,293 | #192 |
| 1975 | 1,136 | #218 |
| 1974 | 1,181 | #216 |
| 1973 | 1,042 | #243 |
| 1972 | 781 | #309 |
| 1971 | 654 | #363 |
| 1970 | 703 | #356 |
| 1969 | 623 | #372 |
| 1968 | 501 | #422 |
| 1967 | 475 | #430 |
| 1966 | 430 | #453 |
| 1965 | 387 | #483 |
| 1964 | 367 | #511 |
| 1963 | 334 | #531 |
| 1962 | 249 | #640 |
| 1961 | 226 | #697 |
| 1960 | 215 | #694 |
| 1959 | 199 | #708 |
| 1958 | 146 | #843 |
| 1957 | 158 | #804 |
| 1956 | 156 | #791 |
| 1955 | 170 | #726 |
| 1954 | 173 | #705 |
| 1953 | 120 | #848 |
| 1952 | 130 | #790 |
| 1951 | 145 | #724 |
| 1950 | 117 | #802 |
| 1949 | 96 | #902 |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,048 |
| 1947 | 48 | #1,317 |
| 1946 | 50 | #1,219 |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,373 |
| 1944 | 34 | #1,380 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,227 |
| 1942 | 51 | #1,101 |
| 1941 | 22 | #1,696 |
| 1940 | 22 | #1,682 |
| 1939 | 29 | #1,378 |
| 1938 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1937 | 14 | #2,196 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,699 |
| 1935 | 22 | #1,606 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,651 |
| 1933 | 17 | #1,906 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 16 | #2,255 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 20 | #1,945 |
| 1924 | 9 | #3,391 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,091 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,665 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,899 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,384 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,821 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 6 | #3,793 |
Nicknames for Bethany
- Beth 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bethany
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Bethany
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