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Bethany
Pronounced /ˈbɛθəni/
Rank in 2024
#728
Born in 2024
386
Peak year
1987 · #87
Origin
Aramaic
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 386 girls were named Bethany, about 1 in every 4,179.
- It peaked in 1987 with 3,294 babies, ranked #87.
- It first shows up in the records in 1915.
- 100,534 girls have been named Bethany since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Bethany per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.7Gen X1965–80
- 1.7Millennials1981–96
- 0.9Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 146 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 389 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 3,170 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 17,094 babies, 0.67 per 1,000. Millennials: 47,172 babies, 1.67 per 1,000. Gen Z: 25,467 babies, 0.88 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 7,096 babies, 0.35 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Ancient Greek Βηθανία (Bēthanía), from Aramaic בית עניא (beth anya, “house of wretchedness”). This etymology is highly disputed; see Bethany.
- A female given name from Aramaic, transferred use of the biblical place name.
- Origin
- Aramaic
- Say it
- /ˈbɛθəni/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Bethany, CC BY-SA 4.0.