How Many People Are Named Bathsheba?
people named Bathsheba are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,017,216 people in the US has this name
Based on 365 babies named Bathsheba in Social Security records from 1951 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
18 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "daughter of the oath" in Hebrew. In the Old Testament this is the name of a woman married to Uriah the Hittite. King David seduced her and made her pregnant, so he arranged to have her husband killed in battle and then married her. She was the mother of Solomon.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bathsheba in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bathsheba alive today is about 45 years old, and 59% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 58 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bathsheba first appears in the records in 1951 and was given most often in 1977, to 18 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1951 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Bathsheba has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,933, in 1953.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,933 (1953) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,626 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bathsheba alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bathsheba were born in New York than in any other state: about 4 of those alive today.
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