Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Beth

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Beth
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.2% from peak

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

6,716

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1884Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

99.2%

2024

All-time

159,385

Beth once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 6,716 girls were named Beth.

In 2024, only 53 girls were given the name.

Down 99.2% from its peak.

All told, about 159,385 Americans have been named Beth and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.2% from peak

19616,716 girls named Beth

202453 girls named Beth

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