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How popular is the name Beth?
Births per year, rank history and how many Beths are alive today.
Beth (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 12 in 2024, ranked 2254th. The name peaked in 1994, when around 700 babies were given the name, the 76th most popular that year. It has declined since 1994; the 2024 figure is roughly 2% of its peak. At least 10,000 babies have been named Beth in England and Wales since the 1980s. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Beth is also a common short form of Elizabeth, so many people called Beth are registered under the longer name.
The Beth you are most likely to meet is around 31 years old. Half of all Beths born in England and Wales are between 23 and 33, and there are at least 10,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Beth.
How many babies are named Beth each year?
Where does Beth rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Beth most popular?
Beth peaked in 1994, when around 700 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Beth?
At least 10,000 people named Beth born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Beth?
Most living Beths are between 23 and 33; the most common age is about 31.
Is Beth becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1994 peak.