How popular is the name Beth?

Beth ranks 268th among girls' names in US records, with 159,710 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 419.

Is Beth a unisex name?

No. Beth is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1961, when 6,716 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#268 of girl names

Pronounced B EH1 TH (ARPABET)

Beth is a girls' name, and first appears in 1884. It has been given to 159,710 children — the 268th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 419 births across the past decade, against a peak of 6,716 in a single year. That peak was in 1961.

1961Girls: 6,716Boys: 15

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Beth?: Beth ranks 268th among girls' names in US records, with 159,710 births since 1884. Over the past decade it accounts for 419.
Is Beth a unisex name?: No. Beth is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Beth most popular?: 1961, when 6,716 children were given the name. It has been in use for 141 years and is still recorded as of 2024.