# Bethel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bethel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,237 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,016 / 5,221 (84% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 361, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 48 | 3,360 |
| 2012 | 53 | 3,136 |
| 2013 | 50 | 3,226 |
| 2014 | 59 | 2,894 |
| 2015 | 70 | 2,561 |
| 2016 | 79 | 2,366 |
| 2017 | 66 | 2,637 |
| 2018 | 82 | 2,244 |
| 2019 | 57 | 2,896 |
| 2020 | 54 | 2,976 |
| 2021 | 63 | 2,726 |
| 2022 | 42 | 3,659 |
| 2023 | 42 | 3,646 |
| 2024 | 42 | 3,652 |
| 2025 | 45 | 3,406 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 7 | 3,337 |
| 1965 | 6 | 3,575 |
| 1967 | 7 | 3,269 |
| 1969 | 8 | 3,338 |
| 1970 | 5 | 4,795 |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,855 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,193 |
| 1983 | 5 | 6,344 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,048 |
| 2012 | 5 | 12,505 |
| 2013 | 6 | 10,905 |
| 2016 | 9 | 8,227 |
| 2020 | 6 | 10,774 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,602 |
| 2025 | 6 | 10,867 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 18 | 1,639 |
| 2014 | 19 | 1,562 |
| 2015 | 19 | 1,601 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,571 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2019 | 11 | 2,286 |
| 2020 | 11 | 2,300 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 20 | 1,501 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,371 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,894 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,315 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 8 | 2,664 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.