Bethel

Where Bethel comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Bethel.

Bethel through the years
  1. 1890
    First appearance
    #1,210 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1917
    Peak, #632
    116 babies named Bethel, its best rank.
  3. 1937
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,035.
  4. 1979
    Bethel Johnson born
    American gridiron football player
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Bethel Johnson · American gridiron football player, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.