How Many People Are Named Bethania?
An estimated 226 people in the United States have the first name Bethania. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 15 years old, and Bethania peaked in popularity in 2017 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Bethania 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 Bethania paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
226
About 1 in 1,516,612 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
15
years old
Peak Year
2017
17 births
Total Registered
229
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Bethania
Bethania is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 229 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Bethania as a female name
Ranked #13,695 in 2024
6 female births in 2024
Peak: 2017 (17 births)
Bethania: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Bethania span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 127 babies were registered. Bethania has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Bethania by Decade
How has Bethania 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.
Bethania by State
Bethania + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Bethania as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Bethania
Other first names starting with B with a similar number of bearers.
Bethania: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Bethania?
We estimate approximately 226 people named Bethania 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 1,516,612 Americans share this first name.
Is Bethania a common name?
Bethania is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 75.8% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 229 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Bethania most popular?
Bethania reached peak popularity in 2017, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Bethania is approximately 15 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Bethania a female name?
Bethania is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Bethania Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Bethania Smith, Bethania Johnson, Bethania 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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