Betheny
- Last seen for girls in 2015 at #16,419
- Peak · girls
- 1964 · 8 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 268since 1959
Betheny over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Betheny has never cracked the top 5,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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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| rank | births | |
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| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 |
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| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
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| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
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| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
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| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 |
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| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 |
| 1992 | #11,738 | 6 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 |
| 1989 | #6,955 | 11 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 |
| 1985 | #6,457 | 10 |
| 1984 | #5,222 | 13 |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #9,652 | 5 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #7,680 | 6 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 |
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| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
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| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 |
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 |
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First appearance
1959
The first year at least five girls were named Betheny! It came in at #6,245, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1963, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Betheny is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Betheny in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 1964 at #5,008 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 127,204
- Highest: 1 in 127,204 girls born in 1988 were named Betheny (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,020 girls born in 2015 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #5,008 in 1964, was only 1 in 236,857 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 37.3% of all girls named Betheny (100) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,245 (1959) | #6,245 |
| 1960s | 15 | #5,008 (1964) | #5,141 |
| 1970s | 65 | #6,385 (1978) | #7,622 |
| 1980s | 100 | #5,222 (1984) | #6,832 |
| 1990s | 50 | #8,132 (1996) | #10,867 |
| 2000s | 23 | #10,745 (2000) | #14,773 |
| 2010s | 10 | #16,419 (2015) | #16,706 |
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.
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