Bethany

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Also spelled: Bethany- (3)

Origin: Aramaic

Meaning

Bethany (Greek: ฮ’ฮทฮธฮฑฮฝฮฏฮฑ, which is probably of Aramaic or Hebrew origin, meaning โ€œHouse of figs" is a feminine given name derived from the Biblical place name, Bethany, a town near Jerusalem, at the foot of the Mount of Olives, where Lazarus lived in the New Testament, along with his sisters, Mary and Martha, and where Jesus stayed during Holy Week before his crucifixion.

From Wikipedia

Bethany first appears in the data in 1996 and has been recorded in 21 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1996 with 4,271 babies (rank #13 that year). It was not in the 2024 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Bethany

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Bethany yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

41,324
Total babies (all years)
21
Years in the data
4,271
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19964,271#13
19974,074#14
19984,068#14
19994,072#11
20003,730#13
20012,805#17
20022,627#17
20032,205#24
20041,723#28
20051,512#40
20061,371#43
20071,234#50
20081,144#55
20091,135#53
20101,010#59
2011913#64
2012868#73
2013710#77
2014648#86
2015648#85
2016556#103