Bethany
Top 1000
About Bethany
Bethany is a lyrical name that still strikes many parents as a fresher, more substantial substitute for the overused Brittany/Brittney or the more antiquated Beth.
In the New Testament, Bethany is the name of a village just outside Jerusalem where Jesus stayed during Holy Week. Mary of Bethany was the sister of Martha and Lazarus.
A spelling variation was introduced by Real Housewife of New York Bethenny Frankel.
Pronounced BETH-ah-nee.
As of October 2026, Bethany ranked #752 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #87 in 1987, Nameberry popularity #733.
Editor's take: The name Bethany is a girl's name of Hebrew origin meaning "house of figs".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #393 | 829 | 464.1 |
| 2015 | #415 | 770 | 431.3 |
| 2016 | #460 | 692 | 390.5 |
| 2017 | #497 | 629 | 364.3 |
| 2018 | #475 | 657 | 386.2 |
| 2019 | #552 | 550 | 327.7 |
| 2020 | #601 | 483 | 298.8 |
| 2021 | #638 | 464 | 282.8 |
| 2022 | #666 | 443 | 270.1 |
| 2023 | #721 | 390 | 243.1 |
| 2024 | #727 | 386 | 238.2 |
| 2025 | #752 | 362 | 225.2 |
World rankings
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Bethany on lists
Famous Bethanys
- Bethany Grace Richards
American actress
- Bethany Meilani Hamilton
Dirks, American surfer and survivor of shark attack, featured in film "Soul Surfer"
- Bethany Joy Lenz
American actress
- Bethany Noel "Beth" Mota
YouTube beauty guru
- Bethany Jayne Bates aka Sqaishey
English YouTuber
- Bethany Leigh Jordan
English YouTube blogger
- Bethany Faith Lemkus
daughter of Sarah Lemkus, vegan vlogger from New Zealand
- Bethany Frye
Member of YouTube channel VenturianTale, and owner of YouTube channel FlyingPings
- Bethany Fisher
Australian entertainer, singer, dancer
- Bethany Balcer
American soccer player
- Maria Bethania
Brazilian singer
Bethany in pop culture
- Bethany Simmons
from TV show "Medium"
- Bethany Ide
character from the book The Memory of Running
- Aunt Bethany
character in film "Christmas Vacation"
- Bethany Hawke
a character from the video game 'Dragon Age 2'
- Bethany Zorn
from TV show "Making The Band 3"
- Bethany Young
a character in the 'Pretty Little Liars' TV series
- Bethany Williams
character from movie "Love, Rosie" played by Suki Waterhouse
- Bethany Peters
character on TV's "Stuck in the Middle"
- "Maria Bethania"
famous Bolero song