Beth
#3,389 for girls in 2025, 45 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #7,905
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 6,716 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 15 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 159,430since 1884
Beth over time
Rank among girls' names. 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 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,047 | 53 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,454 | 31 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,765 | 40 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,112 | 52 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,498 | 43 | — | |
| 2019 | #4,260 | 33 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,396 | 46 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,919 | 38 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2015 | #3,533 | 44 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,486 | 45 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,156 | 35 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,419 | 47 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,303 | 49 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,107 | 36 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,870 | 40 | — | |
| 2008 | #2,663 | 69 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,930 | 61 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,248 | 85 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,835 | 103 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,813 | 103 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,708 | 107 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,257 | 156 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,231 | 161 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,128 | 175 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,028 | 193 | — | |
| 1997 | #858 | 238 | — | |
| 1996 | #835 | 239 | — | |
| 1995 | #722 | 283 | — | |
| 1994 | #673 | 315 | — | |
| 1993 | #645 | 346 | — | |
| 1992 | #516 | 461 | — | |
| 1991 | #456 | 544 | — | |
| 1990 | #392 | 663 | — | |
| 1989 | #374 | 677 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #289 | 862 | — | |
| 1987 | #267 | 930 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #228 | 1,135 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | #199 | 1,341 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #168 | 1,632 | — | |
| 1983 | #169 | 1,635 | #4,907 | 7 |
| 1982 | #148 | 2,003 | — | |
| 1981 | #125 | 2,310 | #4,153 | 9 |
| 1980 | #106 | 2,848 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #118 | 2,688 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #107 | 2,740 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #97 | 2,967 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #114 | 2,306 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #120 | 2,323 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #117 | 2,523 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #117 | 2,563 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #113 | 2,817 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #100 | 3,686 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #92 | 4,247 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #82 | 4,460 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #74 | 4,765 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #67 | 5,186 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #65 | 5,444 | #1,891 | 17 |
| 1965 | #66 | 5,774 | #2,366 | 12 |
| 1964 | #65 | 6,686 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1963 | #66 | 6,677 | #1,839 | 19 |
| 1962 | #66 | 6,419 | #2,364 | 12 |
| 1961 | #65 | 6,716 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #72 | 6,257 | #2,685 | 10 |
| 1959 | #80 | 6,069 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #95 | 4,978 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #108 | 4,351 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | #117 | 3,799 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #133 | 3,272 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | #130 | 3,034 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #142 | 2,564 | — | |
| 1952 | #146 | 2,360 | — | |
| 1951 | #156 | 1,980 | — | |
| 1950 | #177 | 1,580 | — | |
| 1949 | #201 | 1,357 | — | |
| 1948 | #224 | 1,087 | — | |
| 1947 | #217 | 1,179 | — | |
| 1946 | #232 | 962 | — | |
| 1945 | #234 | 806 | — | |
| 1944 | #240 | 750 | — | |
| 1943 | #241 | 785 | — | |
| 1942 | #268 | 664 | — | |
| 1941 | #260 | 601 | — | |
| 1940 | #290 | 470 | — | |
| 1939 | #279 | 501 | — | |
| 1938 | #310 | 406 | — | |
| 1937 | #322 | 371 | — | |
| 1936 | #350 | 326 | — | |
| 1935 | #345 | 343 | — | |
| 1934 | #343 | 343 | — | |
| 1933 | #403 | 256 | — | |
| 1932 | #393 | 276 | — | |
| 1931 | #417 | 238 | — | |
| 1930 | #414 | 251 | — | |
| 1929 | #408 | 262 | — | |
| 1928 | #394 | 290 | — | |
| 1927 | #388 | 310 | — | |
| 1926 | #373 | 329 | — | |
| 1925 | #384 | 315 | — | |
| 1924 | #380 | 319 | — | |
| 1923 | #393 | 287 | — | |
| 1922 | #387 | 284 | — | |
| 1921 | #346 | 356 | — | |
| 1920 | #349 | 349 | — | |
| 1919 | #338 | 355 | — | |
| 1918 | #354 | 335 | — | |
| 1917 | #363 | 298 | — | |
| 1916 | #364 | 285 | — | |
| 1915 | #414 | 209 | — | |
| 1914 | #401 | 173 | — | |
| 1913 | #436 | 129 | — | |
| 1912 | #419 | 123 | — | |
| 1911 | #564 | 57 | — | |
| 1910 | #517 | 63 | — | |
| 1909 | #509 | 54 | — | |
| 1908 | #520 | 49 | — | |
| 1907 | #624 | 36 | — | |
| 1906 | #642 | 31 | — | |
| 1905 | #777 | 22 | — | |
| 1904 | #629 | 30 | — | |
| 1903 | #574 | 32 | — | |
| 1902 | #623 | 28 | — | |
| 1901 | #659 | 23 | — | |
| 1900 | #656 | 29 | — | |
| 1899 | #526 | 32 | — | |
| 1898 | #697 | 22 | — | |
| 1897 | #584 | 27 | — | |
| 1896 | #565 | 29 | — | |
| 1895 | #658 | 22 | — | |
| 1894 | #597 | 24 | — | |
| 1893 | #535 | 27 | — | |
| 1892 | #685 | 18 | — | |
| 1891 | #524 | 24 | — | |
| 1890 | #693 | 15 | — | |
| 1889 | #486 | 26 | — | |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 | — | |
| 1886 | #540 | 17 | — | |
| 1885 | #745 | 9 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Beth! It came in at #930, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1885, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Beth is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Pennsylvania#49 · 1 in 243
- Indiana#51 · 1 in 199
- Ohio#58 · 1 in 241
- Wisconsin#62 · 1 in 261
- Nebraska#67 · 1 in 283
Best ever in a state: #7 in Utah, 1920.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #49 | 486 | 1 in 243 |
| Indiana | #51 | 261 | 1 in 199 |
| Ohio | #58 | 461 | 1 in 241 |
| Wisconsin | #62 | 168 | 1 in 261 |
| Nebraska | #67 | 50 | 1 in 283 |
| Connecticut | #68 | 89 | 1 in 279 |
| Minnesota | #68 | 131 | 1 in 294 |
| Iowa | #70 | 94 | 1 in 304 |
| New Hampshire | #73 | 19 | 1 in 290 |
| Michigan | #78 | 300 | 1 in 317 |
| New Jersey | #81 | 176 | 1 in 327 |
| Delaware | #85 | 14 | 1 in 344 |
| New York | #86 | 472 | 1 in 359 |
| North Dakota | #86 | 22 | 1 in 304 |
| Massachusetts | #88 | 138 | 1 in 390 |
| Illinois | #94 | 269 | 1 in 403 |
| Maine | #95 | 27 | 1 in 364 |
| Rhode Island | #101 | 17 | 1 in 502 |
| Vermont | #101 | 9 | 1 in 397 |
| South Dakota | #109 | 16 | 1 in 443 |
| Missouri | #113 | 87 | 1 in 519 |
| Kansas | #118 | 41 | 1 in 531 |
| West Virginia | #119 | 35 | 1 in 565 |
| Oregon | #124 | 30 | 1 in 532 |
| District of Columbia | #126 | 25 | 1 in 545 |
| Wyoming | #134 | 6 | 1 in 477 |
| Colorado | #142 | 31 | 1 in 602 |
| Montana | #152 | 12 | 1 in 602 |
| Virginia | #152 | 48 | 1 in 863 |
| Alaska | #158 | 5 | 1 in 551 |
| Washington | #160 | 41 | 1 in 702 |
| North Carolina | #161 | 58 | 1 in 873 |
| Oklahoma | #163 | 29 | 1 in 753 |
| Arizona | #164 | 20 | 1 in 683 |
| Tennessee | #164 | 42 | 1 in 897 |
| Maryland | #165 | 32 | 1 in 950 |
| California | #167 | 203 | 1 in 808 |
| Georgia | #167 | 54 | 1 in 852 |
| Kentucky | #177 | 32 | 1 in 1,054 |
| Louisiana | #185 | 43 | 1 in 926 |
| New Mexico | #189 | 15 | 1 in 765 |
| Florida | #197 | 43 | 1 in 1,068 |
| South Carolina | #198 | 28 | 1 in 1,014 |
| Texas | #225 | 102 | 1 in 1,132 |
| Alabama | #232 | 26 | 1 in 1,410 |
| Hawaii | #240 | 6 | 1 in 1,012 |
| Utah | #256 | 8 | 1 in 1,316 |
| Mississippi | #287 | 14 | 1 in 1,862 |
| Arkansas | #327 | 8 | 1 in 2,319 |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Beth
- 342 spots since 2024 (#3,047 → #3,389)
- 109 spots since 2020 (#3,498 → #3,389)
- 144 spots since 2015 (#3,533 → #3,389)
- Biggest jump: 473 spots in 1889 (#959 → #486)
- Biggest drop: 266 spots in 1888 (#693 → #959)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1961 at #65 (6,716 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 15 yrs · run 1958–1971
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1884–1997
- Highest: 1 in 283 girls born in 1964 were named Beth (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 35,717 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #65 in 1961, was only 1 in 301 (0.33%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.6% of all girls named Beth (58,384) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 77 | #486 (1889) | #726 |
| 1890s | 240 | #524 (1891) | #606 |
| 1900s | 334 | #509 (1909) | #621 |
| 1910s | 2,027 | #338 (1919) | #417 |
| 1920s | 3,101 | #346 (1921) | #380 |
| 1930s | 3,311 | #279 (1939) | #358 |
| 1940s | 8,661 | #201 (1949) | #241 |
| 1950s | 33,987 | #80 (1959) | #128 |
| 1960s | 58,384 | #65 (1961) | #69 |
| 1970s | 28,860 | #92 (1970) | #110 |
| 1980s | 15,373 | #106 (1980) | #207 |
| 1990s | 3,457 | #392 (1990) | #725 |
| 2000s | 942 | #1,231 (2000) | #2,242 |
| 2010s | 412 | #3,303 (2011) | #3,743 |
| 2020s | 264 | #3,047 (2024) | #3,544 |
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.
Beth in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
Top boys' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 470 of them was named Beth, which outranked 98.5% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 269,655 of them was named Beth, which outranked 33.6% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).