Bethia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BETH-ee-uh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Bethia is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “daughter of God”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Bethia mean?
Hebrew: form of Bithiah
“daughter of God”
Form of the biblical Bithiah; in Scotland it also served as an anglicised form of the Gaelic Beathag.
Is Bethia a girl's or a boy's name?
Bethia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bethia in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Bethia, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Bethia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Bethia in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Bethia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
Nicknames for Bethia
- Beth 20 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Bethia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jessica, Abigail, Anna, Emily, Lydia, Molly, Elizabeth, Leah, Jemima, Jasmine, Naomi, Hannah
Names related to Bethia
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bethia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bethia, updated 20 October 2026.