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How popular is the name Bethlehem?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bethlehems are alive today.
Bethlehem (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 4867th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. The name peaked in 2005, when 8 babies were given the name, the 2438th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2017, with 7 babies given the name that year.
The Bethlehem you are most likely to meet is around 3 years old - or else around 20: the name has two living generations. Half of all Bethlehems born in England and Wales are between 8 and 27, and there are at least 130 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bethlehem - on average, only one in every 2,424 such rooms contains a Bethlehem.
How many babies are named Bethlehem each year?
Where does Bethlehem 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 Bethlehem most popular?
Bethlehem peaked in 2005, when 8 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Bethlehem?
At least 130 people named Bethlehem born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bethlehem?
Most living Bethlehems are between 8 and 27; the most common age is about 3. There is a second cluster around 20.
Is Bethlehem becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.