Bethany
72
Babies in 2024
-89%
10-year change
1996
Peak · 4.27k
-50%
vs 2023
Trajectory · 1996→2024
Years with no bar had fewer than 3 babies with this name — ONS suppresses counts of 2 or fewer for privacy.
About the name Bethany
Bethany peaked among UK girls' names in the late 1990s (4,271 babies in 1996) and has remained in active use — 72 girls were registered in England & Wales in 2024.
Bethany reached its peak in 1996, when 4,271 girls were registered in England & Wales — ranked #13 for UK girls that year. Today's count of 72 keeps the name in regular use.
Across 29 years of ONS data since 1996, a total of 43,226 girls have been officially registered with the name Bethany in England & Wales. In the past decade alone (2014–2024), 3,751 girls were registered with the name, starting from 648 in 2014 and ending at 72 in 2024.