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Bethanie

Recorded 1950–2025 · United States

Bethanie was most popular in 1991, when 131 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,146 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,733 people named Bethanie.

Most popular in1991
Rank that year#2,146
Births that year131
Total since 18803,733
Given to100% girls
Alive today~3,000
Median age34

Bethanie over time

18802025
Births per year. The dot marks Bethanie’s peak in 1991. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

How old is the name Bethanie?

Bethanie first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1950, which makes it about 75 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 72 of the 76 years since.

How many people are named Bethanie?

The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,733 American births named Bethanie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,632 are estimated to be alive today.

How many babies were named Bethanie in 2025?

8 American babies were named Bethanie in 2025, ranking #18,449 that year.

Is Bethanie getting more or less popular?

Bethanie is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 12 births a year, against 33 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -66% over the decade.

Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.

Is Bethanie a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bethanie is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,733 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

How old is someone named Bethanie?

Roughly 3,632 Americans named Bethanie are alive today — 97% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 34 years old, and half are between 25 and 43.

An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.

Where Bethanie is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org