Girl
Bethany
The name Bethany carries the meaning "Biblical place name". It has faded some since the 1980s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. The name's best year yet was 1987.
EtymologyBiblical place name
EtymologyPossibly "house of figs" or "house of affliction"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
46
1920s
119
1930s
164
1940s
471
1950s
1,514
1960s
3,809
1970s
12,214
1980s
29,446
1990s
27,785
2000s
15,373
2010s
6,377
Peaked in the 1980s · 97,318 total U.S. births since 1900