first name
BETH
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 136,269 people named Beth, 95% reported their origin as White, 1.6% as two or more races and 1.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Beth peaked in 1961, when 6,731 babies got the name.
At least 159,755 babies have been given the name since 1884. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Beth by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #130. The largest share of babies named Beth, 44.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Beth is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Beth has been most common in Indiana (2.1×), Ohio (2×), and Pennsylvania (1.9×), and least common in Nevada (0.12×).
154,998 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Beth
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Beth, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Beth ranks #29,059 of 156,621, with 869 people. See Beth as a last name
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