Girls' name · peaked in 1964
Beth name popularity since 1925
155,482 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Beth. Half of them were born in 1964 or earlier, so the typical Beth is about 62 years old in 2026. Beth peaked in 1964 as the #65 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 155,482
- Named Beth, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #3,405 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.8% girls
- 155,157 girls · 325 boys
- Most popular in
- Indiana
- 2.10× its national share
Peak year is the year Beth made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Beth births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1961. Measured as a share of all babies, Beth peaked in 1964.
- Fastest rise: Between 1948 and 1953, Beth became 2.1× more common, from 1 in 1,560 baby girls to 1 in 734.
- Steepest fall: Between 1984 and 1989, its share of baby girls fell by 62%, from 1 in 1,030 to 1 in 2,720.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Beth's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Beth.
Decade by decade
Babies named Beth in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 1,506 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 3,311 | 0 | #345 |
| 1940s | 8,661 | 0 | #234 |
| 1950s | 33,987 | 54 | #133 |
| 1960s | 58,384 | 135 | #66 |
| 1970s | 28,860 | 86 | #120 |
| 1980s | 15,373 | 50 | #199 |
| 1990s | 3,457 | 0 | #722 |
| 2000s | 942 | 0 | #2,873 |
| 2010s | 412 | 0 | #3,540 |
| 2020–25 | 264 | 0 | #3,405 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
46.0% of babies named Beth from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Beth is most popular
The index compares Beth's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Beth.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 2.10× | 7,653 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.07× | 16,216 |
| Ohio | 1.99× | 14,131 |
| Iowa | 1.93× | 3,780 |
| Wisconsin | 1.89× | 5,729 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Beth's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Beth.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Beth (1964).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data