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How popular is the name Bethan?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bethans are alive today.
Bethan (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 11 in 2025, ranked 2440th. The name peaked in 1996, when 825 babies were given the name, the 72nd most popular that year. It has declined since 1996; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 12,000 babies have been named Bethan in England and Wales since the 1980s. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Bethan you are most likely to meet is around 30 years old. Half of all Bethans born in England and Wales are between 22 and 33, and there are at least 12,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 3.7% chance that at least one of them will be called Bethan.
How many babies are named Bethan each year?
Where does Bethan 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 Bethan most popular?
Bethan peaked in 1996, when 825 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bethan?
At least 12,000 people named Bethan born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bethan?
Most living Bethans are between 22 and 33; the most common age is about 30.
Is Bethan becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1996 peak.