How Many People Are Named Bethany?
people named Bethany are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,503 people in the US has this name
Based on 101,086 babies named Bethany in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,307 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the name of a biblical town, possibly derived from Hebrew בֵּית־תְּאֵנָה (beit-te'enah) meaning "house of figs". In the New Testament the town of Bethany was the home of Lazarus and his sisters Mary and Martha. It has been in use as a rare given name in the English-speaking world since the 19th century, used primarily by Catholics in honour of Mary of Bethany. In America it became moderately common after the 1950s.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bethany in English. Counting Bethany and these spellings together, about 101,169 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bethany (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bethany alive today is about 34 years old, and 61% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bethany first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 1987, to 3,307 babies. In 2025, 362 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bethany never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #87, in 1987, and it was in the top 100 for 6 years, 1983 to 1988. In 2025 it ranked #752.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #752 |
| Best rank | #87 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | 6 (1983 to 1988) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #99 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bethany alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bethany were born in Texas than in any other state: about 7,652 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bethany was given 3.3 times as often in Rhode Island, 2.9 times in Maine and 2 times in West Virginia.
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