girl's name

Bethaney

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 789

Bethaney is a girl's name. In 2014 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1990, when 43 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1965.

Bethaney over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2014, not a full ten years.

220
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Bethaney by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 15
1970s 77
1980s 172
1990s 220
2000s 138
2010s (to 2014) 10

How popular is Bethaney?

In 2014, Bethaney was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Bethaney is used

England & Wales #6,684 3 in 2012
United States #16,830 5 in 2014

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Bethaney

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Bethaney also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Bethaney over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Bethaney

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Bethaney — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Bethaney

How popular is the name Bethaney?

In 2014, Bethaney was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Bethaney a girl's or a boy's name?

Bethaney is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Bethaney most popular?

Bethaney peaked in 1990, when 43 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.