Bethel
#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 83.7% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1917 · 116 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,221since 1890
Bethel over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,389 | 45 | #10,695 | 6 |
| 2024 | #3,639 | 42 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,640 | 42 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,653 | 42 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #2,715 | 63 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,966 | 54 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | #2,891 | 57 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,238 | 82 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,635 | 66 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,366 | 79 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #2,555 | 70 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,888 | 59 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,218 | 50 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #3,134 | 53 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #3,350 | 48 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,409 | 47 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,361 | 49 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,089 | 38 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,475 | 33 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,545 | 24 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,748 | 38 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #5,092 | 24 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,889 | 33 | — | |
| 2001 | #4,834 | 24 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,527 | 26 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,283 | 12 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #7,097 | 12 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,880 | 10 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | — | |
| 1987 | #9,825 | 6 | — | |
| 1986 | #6,612 | 10 | — | |
| 1985 | #6,031 | 11 | — | |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,213 | 12 | #5,123 | 6 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #5,109 | 10 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,833 | 19 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | #2,475 | 25 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,605 | 22 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #2,512 | 23 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,254 | 14 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #2,117 | 28 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,218 | 25 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #2,622 | 19 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #2,376 | 11 |
| 1951 | #1,505 | 39 | #1,725 | 19 |
| 1950 | #1,602 | 34 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #1,917 | 25 | #2,453 | 10 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #1,633 | 34 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #1,376 | 40 | #2,534 | 9 |
| 1945 | #1,450 | 31 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #1,401 | 33 | #2,080 | 12 |
| 1943 | #1,087 | 54 | #1,764 | 17 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #1,041 | 49 | #1,633 | 18 |
| 1940 | #989 | 52 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #1,009 | 49 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 | #1,476 | 21 |
| 1937 | #1,035 | 47 | #1,344 | 25 |
| 1936 | #888 | 59 | #1,540 | 19 |
| 1935 | #874 | 62 | #1,929 | 14 |
| 1934 | #855 | 64 | #1,608 | 19 |
| 1933 | #826 | 65 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #790 | 74 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | #819 | 69 | #1,843 | 16 |
| 1930 | #926 | 62 | #1,173 | 36 |
| 1929 | #855 | 69 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1928 | #862 | 71 | #1,822 | 18 |
| 1927 | #723 | 99 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #777 | 86 | #1,911 | 17 |
| 1925 | #768 | 93 | #1,279 | 32 |
| 1924 | #688 | 116 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | #703 | 108 | #1,460 | 26 |
| 1922 | #665 | 119 | #1,308 | 31 |
| 1921 | #699 | 112 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #711 | 104 | #1,505 | 25 |
| 1919 | #680 | 105 | #1,097 | 39 |
| 1918 | #671 | 113 | #1,211 | 33 |
| 1917 | #632 | 116 | #1,528 | 22 |
| 1916 | #667 | 104 | #1,138 | 33 |
| 1915 | #669 | 96 | #1,454 | 22 |
| 1914 | #651 | 79 | #1,073 | 28 |
| 1913 | #645 | 64 | #1,256 | 17 |
| 1912 | #678 | 54 | #1,353 | 13 |
| 1911 | #825 | 27 | #1,537 | 6 |
| 1910 | #672 | 40 | — | |
| 1909 | #662 | 36 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #709 | 30 | #1,373 | 5 |
| 1907 | #666 | 32 | #1,345 | 5 |
| 1906 | #707 | 27 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | #713 | 25 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #773 | 21 | — | |
| 1903 | #760 | 20 | — | |
| 1902 | #756 | 21 | — | |
| 1901 | #723 | 20 | — | |
| 1900 | #639 | 30 | #1,310 | 5 |
| 1899 | #756 | 18 | — | |
| 1898 | #821 | 17 | #744 | 9 |
| 1897 | #735 | 18 | — | |
| 1896 | #872 | 14 | — | |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #662 | 19 | — | |
| 1892 | #830 | 13 | #1,066 | 5 |
| 1891 | #796 | 12 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #1,210 | 6 | — | |
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1890
The first year at least five girls were named Bethel! It came in at #1,210, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bethel is popular in 1894
The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.
See more about Bethel
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 250 spots since 2024 (#3,639 → #3,389)
- 423 spots since 2020 (#2,966 → #3,389)
- 834 spots since 2015 (#2,555 → #3,389)
- Biggest jump: 414 spots in 1891 (#1,210 → #796)
- Biggest drop: 336 spots in 1894 (#662 → #998)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1917 at #632 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 48 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1891–1936
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,321
- Highest: 1 in 9,321 girls born in 1917 were named Bethel (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
- 18.7% of all girls named Bethel (977) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 141 | #662 (1893) | #854 |
| 1900s | 262 | #639 (1900) | #711 |
| 1910s | 798 | #632 (1917) | #679 |
| 1920s | 977 | #665 (1922) | #745 |
| 1930s | 606 | #790 (1932) | #898 |
| 1940s | 392 | #989 (1940) | #1,374 |
| 1950s | 250 | #1,505 (1951) | #2,223 |
| 1960s | 224 | #2,039 (1967) | #2,688 |
| 1970s | 130 | #3,122 (1973) | #4,887 |
| 1980s | 107 | #4,327 (1980) | #6,697 |
| 1990s | 111 | #5,771 (1996) | #7,129 |
| 2000s | 324 | #3,361 (2009) | #4,359 |
| 2010s | 611 | #2,238 (2018) | #2,868 |
| 2020s | 288 | #2,715 (2021) | #3,334 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bethel in 1894
girls
#998
10 births · 1 in 22,292 girls
Top girls' names in 1894
More about 1894
girls
222,922 girls got a published name in 1894; 1 in 22,292 of them was named Bethel, which outranked 41.4% of the 1,702 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Bethel
- #950Virdie11
- #950Willia11
- #950Zadie11
- #998Bethel10
- #998Alba10
- #998Alverda10
- #998America10
- #1,061Ader9
- #1,061Anner9
- #1,061Annice9
Tied with 62 names at #998; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1893
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 691Macy#794 → #1,485
- ↓ 659Fredericka#826 → #1,485
- ↓ 586Dee#767 → #1,353
- ↓ 584Katharyn#901 → #1,485
- ↓ 584Leva#901 → #1,485
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.