Meaning not yet researched.
Bethel: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 45 in 2025. Its best rank was #632 in 1917.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #632 in 1917; #3,406 in 2025. About 88% of babies named Bethel in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,406 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1917, at #632.
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Bethel: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 45 girls in 2025. Peak: #632 in 1917 · most girls in one year: 119 (1922).
In 2025, 45 US girls were named Bethel, making it the 3,406th most common girls’ name of the year, up 246 places from #3,652 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 42 girls named Bethel in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #632, reached in 1917. The most girls given the name in a single year was 119, in 1922. For comparison, it was #2,561 in 2015 and #1,603 in 1950.
In 2025, 6 US boys were named Bethel, making it the 10,867th most common boys’ name of the year. Its best rank for boys was #749, reached in 1898. The most boys given the name in a single year was 39, in 1919. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #2,037 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Bethel in 135 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1890 with 6 babies. In all, 6,237 US babies have been given the name, 84% of them girls and 16% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,221 babies named Bethel.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 572 US girls were named Bethel; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 82. In 2025 that was about 1 in 35,717 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Betul, Bethyl and Betel are summarised on this page.
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.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Betul (118), Bethyl (55), Betel (46), Betiel (10), Bethal (6).
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.
No nicknames listed for Bethel in the open dataset we use.
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 | #3,406 | 6 | #10,867 |
| 2024 | 42 | #3,652 | — | — |
| 2023 | 42 | #3,646 | — | — |
| 2022 | 42 | #3,659 | 5 | #12,602 |
| 2021 | 63 | #2,726 | — | — |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,976 | 6 | #10,774 |
| 2019 | 57 | #2,896 | — | — |
| 2018 | 82 | #2,244 | — | — |
| 2017 | 66 | #2,637 | — | — |
| 2016 | 79 | #2,366 | 9 | #8,227 |
| 2015 | 70 | #2,561 | — | — |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,894 | — | — |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,226 | 6 | #10,905 |
| 2012 | 53 | #3,136 | 5 | #12,505 |
| 2011 | 48 | #3,360 | — | — |
| 2010 | 47 | #3,421 | — | — |
| 2009 | 49 | #3,372 | — | — |
| 2008 | 38 | #4,103 | — | — |
| 2007 | 33 | #4,488 | — | — |
| 2006 | 24 | #5,573 | — | — |
| 2005 | 35 | #4,041 | — | — |
| 2004 | 38 | #3,755 | 7 | #9,048 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,110 | — | — |
| 2002 | 33 | #3,901 | — | — |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,856 | — | — |
| 2000 | 26 | #4,545 | — | — |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,877 | — | — |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,078 | — | — |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,337 | — | — |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,807 | — | — |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,158 | — | — |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,659 | — | — |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,134 | — | — |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,632 | — | — |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,940 | — | — |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,197 | — | — |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,354 | — | — |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,967 | — | — |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,654 | — | — |
| 1985 | 11 | #6,064 | — | — |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,935 | — | — |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,264 | 5 | #6,344 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,548 | — | — |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,236 | — | — |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,343 | — | — |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,230 | — | — |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,438 | — | — |
| 1977 | 12 | #5,245 | 6 | #5,193 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,176 | — | — |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,162 | 6 | #4,855 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,967 | — | — |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,128 | — | — |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,138 | — | — |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,803 | — | — |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,886 | 5 | #4,795 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,474 | 8 | #3,338 |
| 1968 | 17 | #3,184 | — | — |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,043 | 7 | #3,269 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,361 | — | — |
| 1965 | 19 | #2,844 | 6 | #3,575 |
| 1964 | 25 | #2,483 | — | — |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,373 | — | — |
| 1962 | 22 | #2,610 | 7 | #3,337 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,068 | 5 | #4,119 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,519 | — | — |
| 1959 | 14 | #3,266 | 7 | #3,311 |
| 1958 | 28 | #2,118 | 5 | #4,005 |
| 1957 | 25 | #2,223 | 6 | #3,599 |
| 1956 | 19 | #2,631 | 10 | #2,642 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,112 | 9 | #2,785 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,306 | 8 | #2,970 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,434 | 6 | #3,461 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,076 | 11 | #2,390 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,506 | 19 | #1,729 |
| 1950 | 34 | #1,603 | 14 | #2,037 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,922 | 10 | #2,467 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,549 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1947 | 34 | #1,636 | 15 | #1,999 |
| 1946 | 40 | #1,379 | 9 | #2,551 |
| 1945 | 31 | #1,453 | 10 | #2,262 |
| 1944 | 33 | #1,403 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1943 | 54 | #1,088 | 17 | #1,772 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,300 | 8 | #2,732 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,042 | 18 | #1,640 |
| 1940 | 52 | #990 | 20 | #1,524 |
| 1939 | 49 | #1,010 | 12 | #2,065 |
| 1938 | 55 | #956 | 21 | #1,478 |
| 1937 | 47 | #1,037 | 25 | #1,348 |
| 1936 | 59 | #888 | 19 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 62 | #874 | 14 | #1,936 |
| 1934 | 64 | #857 | 19 | #1,611 |
| 1933 | 65 | #826 | 9 | #2,561 |
| 1932 | 74 | #791 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1931 | 69 | #820 | 16 | #1,856 |
| 1930 | 62 | #927 | 36 | #1,174 |
| 1929 | 69 | #856 | 21 | #1,619 |
| 1928 | 71 | #866 | 18 | #1,834 |
| 1927 | 99 | #723 | 18 | #1,874 |
| 1926 | 86 | #777 | 17 | #1,919 |
| 1925 | 93 | #768 | 32 | #1,282 |
| 1924 | 116 | #688 | 32 | #1,292 |
| 1923 | 108 | #704 | 26 | #1,463 |
| 1922 | 119 | #666 | 31 | #1,313 |
| 1921 | 112 | #699 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1920 | 104 | #711 | 25 | #1,509 |
| 1919 | 105 | #680 | 39 | #1,100 |
| 1918 | 113 | #673 | 33 | #1,214 |
| 1917 | 116 | #632 | 22 | #1,537 |
| 1916 | 104 | #667 | 33 | #1,140 |
| 1915 | 96 | #669 | 22 | #1,465 |
| 1914 | 79 | #651 | 28 | #1,076 |
| 1913 | 64 | #646 | 17 | #1,261 |
| 1912 | 54 | #678 | 13 | #1,364 |
| 1911 | 27 | #828 | 6 | #1,555 |
| 1910 | 40 | #672 | — | — |
| 1909 | 36 | #663 | 7 | #1,168 |
| 1908 | 30 | #711 | 5 | #1,394 |
| 1907 | 32 | #667 | 5 | #1,363 |
| 1906 | 27 | #707 | 5 | #1,265 |
| 1905 | 25 | #718 | 7 | #1,012 |
| 1904 | 21 | #780 | — | — |
| 1903 | 20 | #762 | — | — |
| 1902 | 21 | #758 | — | — |
| 1901 | 20 | #723 | — | — |
| 1900 | 30 | #640 | 5 | #1,333 |
| 1899 | 18 | #759 | — | — |
| 1898 | 17 | #823 | 9 | #749 |
| 1897 | 18 | #739 | — | — |
| 1896 | 14 | #874 | — | — |
| 1895 | 14 | #864 | — | — |
| 1894 | 10 | #1,005 | — | — |
| 1893 | 19 | #663 | — | — |
| 1892 | 13 | #834 | 5 | #1,083 |
| 1891 | 12 | #800 | 5 | #990 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,229 | — | — |
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).