Bethaney
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 43 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 632since 1965
Bethaney over time
Rank among girls' names. Bethaney has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
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| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #10,818 | 10 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 |
| 2002 | #7,045 | 15 |
| 2001 | #4,688 | 25 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 |
| 1999 | #5,219 | 20 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #4,376 | 23 |
| 1993 | #5,673 | 16 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 |
| 1988 | #2,867 | 36 |
| 1987 | #4,283 | 19 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,517 | 16 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 |
| 1973 | #6,666 | 7 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 |
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| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Bethaney! It came in at #4,831, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966–1968, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bethaney is popular in 1990
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Ohio#1,142 · 1 in 14,179
- Texas#1,823 · 1 in 22,931
Best ever in a state: #1,142 in Ohio, 1990.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Ohio | #1,142 | 5 | 1 in 14,179 |
| Texas | #1,823 | 6 | 1 in 22,931 |
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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 Bethaney
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1990 at #2,695 (43 births)
- Births halved by 1991, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 44,152 girls born in 1990 were named Bethaney (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 34.8% of all girls named Bethaney (220) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15 | #4,831 (1965) | #5,403 |
| 1970s | 77 | #4,154 (1976) | #5,996 |
| 1980s | 172 | #2,867 (1988) | #4,790 |
| 1990s | 220 | #2,695 (1990) | #4,794 |
| 2000s | 138 | #4,688 (2001) | #9,149 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,530 |
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.
Bethaney in 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
More about 1990
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1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 44,152 of them was named Bethaney, which outranked 82.3% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,640Taren44
- #2,640Thomas44
- #2,640Tysha44
- #2,695Bethaney43
- #2,695Adelyn43
- #2,695Arin43
- #2,695Barbie43
- #2,737Alanah42
- #2,737Alberta42
- #2,737Ani42
Tied with 41 names at #2,695; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.