How Many People Are Named Bethaney?
An estimated 603 people in the United States have the first name Bethaney. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 35 years old, and Bethaney peaked in popularity in 1990 with 43 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bethaney as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Bethaney paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
603
About 1 in 568,415 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
35
years old
Peak Year
1990
43 births
Total Registered
632
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bethaney
Bethaney is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 632 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Bethaney as a female name
Ranked #16,969 in 2014
5 female births in 2014
Peak: 1990 (43 births)
Bethaney: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bethaney span from the 1960s to the 2010s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 220 babies were registered. Bethaney has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Bethaney by Decade
How has Bethaney tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Bethaney + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bethaney as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bethaney
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bethaney: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bethaney?
We estimate approximately 603 people named Bethaney are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 568,415 Americans share this first name.
Is Bethaney a common name?
Bethaney is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 86.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 632 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bethaney most popular?
Bethaney reached peak popularity in 1990, when 43 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bethaney is approximately 35 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bethaney a female name?
Bethaney is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bethaney Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bethaney Smith, Bethaney Johnson, Bethaney Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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