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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | — | ||
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.
See more about Bethel
- 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)
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1917 at #632 (116 births)
- Births halved by 1937, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 48 yrs · run 1891–1936
- 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%)
- 18.7% of all girls named Bethel (977) were born in this decade
- 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 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
Top boys' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 50,384 of them was named Bethel, which outranked 73.8% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,576Sunny35
- #1,576Terryl35
- #1,576Wonda35
- #1,602Bethel34
- #1,602Alethea34
- #1,602Camellia34
- #1,602Caroll34
- #1,626Adelita33
- #1,626Arnita33
- #1,626Bari33
Tied with 23 names at #1,602; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 127,876 of them was named Bethel, which outranked 51.9% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,941Vicky15
- #1,941Wes15
- #1,941West15
- #2,019Bethel14
- #2,019Ace14
- #2,019Aldon14
- #2,019Ali14
- #2,111Alois13
- #2,111Alonso13
- #2,111Alphonza13
Tied with 91 names at #2,019; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.