Bethel is an uncommon name used for both girls and boys that peaked in 1922 and has grown less common since.
Bethel is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,406 among girls (45) and #10,867 among boys (6) — overall #5,546 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 51 | 51 | #3,406 | #10,867 |
| 2024 | 42 | 42 | #3,652 | — |
| 2023 | 42 | 42 | #3,646 | — |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | #3,659 | #12,602 |
| 2021 | 63 | 63 | #2,726 | — |
| 2020 | 60 | 60 | #2,976 | #10,774 |
| 2019 | 57 | 57 | #2,896 | — |
| 2018 | 82 | 82 | #2,244 | — |
| 2017 | 66 | 66 | #2,637 | — |
| 2016 | 88 | 88 | #2,366 | #8,227 |
| 2015 | 70 | 70 | #2,561 | — |
| 2014 | 59 | 59 | #2,894 | — |
| 2013 | 56 | 56 | #3,226 | #10,905 |
| 2012 | 58 | 58 | #3,136 | #12,505 |
| 2011 | 48 | 48 | #3,360 | — |
| 2010 | 47 | 47 | #3,421 | — |
| 2009 | 49 | 49 | #3,372 | — |
| 2008 | 38 | 38 | #4,103 | — |
| 2007 | 33 | 33 | #4,488 | — |
| 2006 | 24 | 24 | #5,573 | — |
| 2005 | 35 | 35 | #4,041 | — |
| 2004 | 45 | 45 | #3,755 | #9,048 |
| 2003 | 24 | 24 | #5,110 | — |
| 2002 | 33 | 33 | #3,901 | — |
| 2001 | 24 | 24 | #4,856 | — |
| 2000 | 26 | 26 | #4,545 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #6,877 | — |
| 1998 | 11 | 11 | #8,078 | — |
| 1997 | 12 | — | #7,337 | — |
| 1996 | 16 | — | #5,807 | — |
| 1994 | 12 | — | #7,158 | — |
| 1993 | 13 | — | #6,659 | — |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #8,134 | — |
| 1991 | 13 | — | #6,632 | — |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #7,940 | — |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #6,197 | — |
| 1988 | 15 | — | #5,354 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #9,967 | — |
| 1986 | 10 | — | #6,654 | — |
| 1985 | 11 | — | #6,064 | — |
| 1984 | 11 | — | #5,935 | — |
| 1983 | 15 | — | #6,264 | #6,344 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #7,548 | — |
| 1981 | 6 | — | #9,236 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,343 | — |
| 1979 | 10 | — | #6,230 | — |
| 1978 | 9 | — | #6,438 | — |
| 1977 | 18 | — | #5,245 | #5,193 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | #4,176 | — |
| 1975 | 21 | — | #4,162 | #4,855 |
| 1974 | 7 | — | #6,967 | — |
| 1973 | 21 | — | #3,128 | — |
| 1972 | 10 | — | #5,138 | — |
| 1971 | 16 | — | #3,803 | — |
| 1970 | 20 | — | #3,886 | #4,795 |
| 1969 | 24 | — | #3,474 | #3,338 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #3,184 | — |
| 1967 | 40 | — | #2,043 | #3,269 |
| 1966 | 26 | — | #2,361 | — |
| 1965 | 25 | — | #2,844 | #3,575 |
| 1964 | 25 | — | #2,483 | — |
| 1963 | 26 | — | #2,373 | — |
| 1962 | 29 | — | #2,610 | #3,337 |
| 1961 | 22 | — | #3,068 | #4,119 |
| 1960 | 23 | — | #2,519 | — |
| 1959 | 21 | — | #3,266 | #3,311 |
| 1958 | 33 | — | #2,118 | #4,005 |
| 1957 | 31 | — | #2,223 | #3,599 |
| 1956 | 29 | — | #2,631 | #2,642 |
| 1955 | 35 | — | #2,112 | #2,785 |
| 1954 | 30 | — | #2,306 | #2,970 |
| 1953 | 25 | — | #2,434 | #3,461 |
| 1952 | 35 | — | #2,076 | #2,390 |
| 1951 | 58 | — | #1,506 | #1,729 |
| 1950 | 48 | — | #1,603 | #2,037 |
| 1949 | 35 | — | #1,922 | #2,467 |
| 1948 | 46 | — | #1,549 | #2,457 |
| 1947 | 49 | — | #1,636 | #1,999 |
| 1946 | 49 | — | #1,379 | #2,551 |
| 1945 | 41 | — | #1,453 | #2,262 |
| 1944 | 45 | — | #1,403 | #2,088 |
| 1943 | 71 | — | #1,088 | #1,772 |
| 1942 | 46 | — | #1,300 | #2,732 |
| 1941 | 67 | — | #1,042 | #1,640 |
| 1940 | 72 | — | #990 | #1,524 |
| 1939 | 61 | — | #1,010 | #2,065 |
| 1938 | 76 | — | #956 | #1,478 |
| 1937 | 72 | — | #1,037 | #1,348 |
| 1936 | 78 | — | #888 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 76 | — | #874 | #1,936 |
| 1934 | 83 | — | #857 | #1,611 |
| 1933 | 74 | — | #826 | #2,561 |
| 1932 | 86 | — | #791 | #2,206 |
| 1931 | 85 | — | #820 | #1,856 |
| 1930 | 98 | — | #927 | #1,174 |
| 1929 | 90 | — | #856 | #1,619 |
| 1928 | 89 | — | #866 | #1,834 |
| 1927 | 117 | — | #723 | #1,874 |
| 1926 | 103 | — | #777 | #1,919 |
| 1925 | 125 | — | #768 | #1,282 |
| 1924 | 148 | — | #688 | #1,292 |
| 1923 | 134 | — | #704 | #1,463 |
| 1922 | 150 | — | #666 | #1,313 |
| 1921 | 136 | — | #699 | #1,552 |
| 1920 | 129 | — | #711 | #1,509 |
| 1919 | 144 | — | #680 | #1,100 |
| 1918 | 146 | — | #673 | #1,214 |
| 1917 | 138 | — | #632 | #1,537 |
| 1916 | 137 | — | #667 | #1,140 |
| 1915 | 118 | — | #669 | #1,465 |
| 1914 | 107 | — | #651 | #1,076 |
| 1913 | 81 | — | #646 | #1,261 |
| 1912 | 67 | — | #678 | #1,364 |
| 1911 | 33 | — | #828 | #1,555 |
| 1910 | 40 | — | #672 | — |
| 1909 | 43 | — | #663 | #1,168 |
| 1908 | 35 | — | #711 | #1,394 |
| 1907 | 37 | — | #667 | #1,363 |
| 1906 | 32 | — | #707 | #1,265 |
| 1905 | 32 | — | #718 | #1,012 |
| 1904 | 21 | — | #780 | — |
| 1903 | 20 | — | #762 | — |
| 1902 | 21 | — | #758 | — |
| 1901 | 20 | — | #723 | — |
| 1900 | 35 | — | #640 | #1,333 |
| 1899 | 18 | — | #759 | — |
| 1898 | 26 | — | #823 | #749 |
| 1897 | 18 | — | #739 | — |
| 1896 | 14 | — | #874 | — |
| 1895 | 14 | — | #864 | — |
| 1894 | 10 | — | #1,005 | — |
| 1893 | 19 | — | #663 | — |
| 1892 | 18 | — | #834 | #1,083 |
| 1891 | 17 | — | #800 | #990 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #1,229 | — |