Bethlehem

The Spanish name Belén is a well-established girl name, but parents have been slower to use the English equivalent. It is beginning to come into wider use, along with other New Testament place names like Galilee and Nazareth.

Pronounced BETH-luh-hem.

As of October 2026, Bethlehem ranked #10228 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #5490 in 2015.