Meaning not yet researched.
Beth: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 45 in 2025. Its best rank was #65 in 1966.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #65 in 1966; #3,405 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Beth in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,405 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1966, at #65.
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Beth: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 45 girls in 2025. Peak: #65 in 1966 · most girls in one year: 6,716 (1961).
In 2025, 45 US girls were named Beth, making it the 3,405th most common girls’ name of the year, down 351 places from #3,054 in 2024. That is 8 fewer than the 53 girls named Beth in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #65, reached in 1966. The most girls given the name in a single year was 6,716, in 1961. For comparison, it was #3,540 in 2015 and #177 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Beth in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1884 with 6 babies. In all, 159,755 US babies have been given the name, 99.7% of them girls and 0.2% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 58,519 babies named Beth.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 420 US girls were named Beth; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 53. In 2025 that was about 1 in 35,717 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Bette (34,919 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Bethe, Beate and Bett are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Betsy, Betty and Elizabeth.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Bethe (34), Beate (10), Bett (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Beth is listed as a nickname for Bethena, Elizabeth.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,405 | — | — |
| 2024 | 53 | #3,054 | — | — |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,476 | — | — |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,775 | — | — |
| 2021 | 52 | #3,118 | — | — |
| 2020 | 43 | #3,507 | — | — |
| 2019 | 33 | #4,268 | — | — |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,407 | — | — |
| 2017 | 38 | #3,925 | — | — |
| 2016 | 39 | #3,862 | — | — |
| 2015 | 44 | #3,540 | — | — |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,495 | — | — |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,173 | — | — |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,427 | — | — |
| 2011 | 49 | #3,312 | — | — |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,122 | — | — |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,883 | — | — |
| 2008 | 69 | #2,665 | — | — |
| 2007 | 61 | #2,934 | — | — |
| 2006 | 85 | #2,251 | — | — |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,873 | — | — |
| 2004 | 103 | #1,835 | — | — |
| 2003 | 103 | #1,814 | — | — |
| 2002 | 107 | #1,709 | — | — |
| 2001 | 156 | #1,259 | — | — |
| 2000 | 161 | #1,231 | — | — |
| 1999 | 175 | #1,128 | — | — |
| 1998 | 193 | #1,029 | — | — |
| 1997 | 238 | #858 | — | — |
| 1996 | 239 | #835 | — | — |
| 1995 | 283 | #722 | — | — |
| 1994 | 315 | #673 | — | — |
| 1993 | 346 | #645 | — | — |
| 1992 | 461 | #516 | — | — |
| 1991 | 544 | #456 | — | — |
| 1990 | 663 | #392 | — | — |
| 1989 | 677 | #375 | 5 | #8,026 |
| 1988 | 862 | #289 | — | — |
| 1987 | 930 | #267 | 7 | #5,519 |
| 1986 | 1,135 | #228 | 6 | #6,009 |
| 1985 | 1,341 | #199 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1984 | 1,632 | #168 | — | — |
| 1983 | 1,635 | #169 | 7 | #4,977 |
| 1982 | 2,003 | #148 | — | — |
| 1981 | 2,310 | #125 | 9 | #4,185 |
| 1980 | 2,848 | #106 | 10 | #3,874 |
| 1979 | 2,688 | #118 | 8 | #4,448 |
| 1978 | 2,740 | #107 | 9 | #3,885 |
| 1977 | 2,967 | #97 | 9 | #3,870 |
| 1976 | 2,306 | #114 | 10 | #3,496 |
| 1975 | 2,323 | #120 | 8 | #3,982 |
| 1974 | 2,523 | #117 | 8 | #3,880 |
| 1973 | 2,563 | #117 | 7 | #4,099 |
| 1972 | 2,817 | #113 | 8 | #3,655 |
| 1971 | 3,686 | #100 | 7 | #4,004 |
| 1970 | 4,247 | #92 | 12 | #2,749 |
| 1969 | 4,460 | #82 | 9 | #3,083 |
| 1968 | 4,765 | #74 | 14 | #2,210 |
| 1967 | 5,186 | #67 | 15 | #2,041 |
| 1966 | 5,444 | #65 | 17 | #1,893 |
| 1965 | 5,774 | #66 | 12 | #2,379 |
| 1964 | 6,686 | #65 | 12 | #2,428 |
| 1963 | 6,677 | #66 | 19 | #1,845 |
| 1962 | 6,419 | #66 | 12 | #2,386 |
| 1961 | 6,716 | #65 | 15 | #2,156 |
| 1960 | 6,257 | #72 | 10 | #2,696 |
| 1959 | 6,069 | #80 | 12 | #2,430 |
| 1958 | 4,978 | #95 | 11 | #2,522 |
| 1957 | 4,351 | #108 | 8 | #3,040 |
| 1956 | 3,799 | #117 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 1955 | 3,272 | #133 | 8 | #2,985 |
| 1954 | 3,034 | #130 | 7 | #3,197 |
| 1953 | 2,564 | #142 | — | — |
| 1952 | 2,360 | #146 | — | — |
| 1951 | 1,980 | #156 | — | — |
| 1950 | 1,580 | #177 | — | — |
| 1949 | 1,357 | #201 | — | — |
| 1948 | 1,087 | #224 | — | — |
| 1947 | 1,179 | #217 | — | — |
| 1946 | 962 | #232 | — | — |
| 1945 | 806 | #234 | — | — |
| 1944 | 750 | #240 | — | — |
| 1943 | 785 | #241 | — | — |
| 1942 | 664 | #268 | — | — |
| 1941 | 601 | #260 | — | — |
| 1940 | 470 | #290 | — | — |
| 1939 | 501 | #279 | — | — |
| 1938 | 406 | #310 | — | — |
| 1937 | 371 | #322 | — | — |
| 1936 | 326 | #350 | — | — |
| 1935 | 343 | #345 | — | — |
| 1934 | 343 | #343 | — | — |
| 1933 | 256 | #403 | — | — |
| 1932 | 276 | #393 | — | — |
| 1931 | 238 | #417 | — | — |
| 1930 | 251 | #414 | — | — |
| 1929 | 262 | #408 | — | — |
| 1928 | 290 | #396 | — | — |
| 1927 | 310 | #388 | — | — |
| 1926 | 329 | #373 | — | — |
| 1925 | 315 | #384 | — | — |
| 1924 | 319 | #380 | — | — |
| 1923 | 287 | #393 | — | — |
| 1922 | 284 | #387 | — | — |
| 1921 | 356 | #347 | — | — |
| 1920 | 349 | #349 | — | — |
| 1919 | 355 | #338 | — | — |
| 1918 | 335 | #354 | — | — |
| 1917 | 298 | #363 | — | — |
| 1916 | 285 | #364 | — | — |
| 1915 | 209 | #414 | — | — |
| 1914 | 173 | #401 | — | — |
| 1913 | 129 | #436 | — | — |
| 1912 | 123 | #419 | — | — |
| 1911 | 57 | #565 | — | — |
| 1910 | 63 | #517 | — | — |
| 1909 | 54 | #509 | — | — |
| 1908 | 49 | #521 | — | — |
| 1907 | 36 | #625 | — | — |
| 1906 | 31 | #646 | — | — |
| 1905 | 22 | #780 | — | — |
| 1904 | 30 | #629 | — | — |
| 1903 | 32 | #574 | — | — |
| 1902 | 28 | #623 | — | — |
| 1901 | 23 | #662 | — | — |
| 1900 | 29 | #658 | — | — |
| 1899 | 32 | #526 | — | — |
| 1898 | 22 | #699 | — | — |
| 1897 | 27 | #584 | — | — |
| 1896 | 29 | #566 | — | — |
| 1895 | 22 | #660 | — | — |
| 1894 | 24 | #597 | — | — |
| 1893 | 27 | #536 | — | — |
| 1892 | 18 | #687 | — | — |
| 1891 | 24 | #525 | — | — |
| 1890 | 15 | #694 | — | — |
| 1889 | 26 | #486 | — | — |
| 1888 | 8 | #967 | — | — |
| 1887 | 11 | #695 | — | — |
| 1886 | 17 | #542 | — | — |
| 1885 | 9 | #750 | — | — |
| 1884 | 6 | #940 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).