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Baby name
Bethany
Girl
Origin of the name
Bethany is the name of a village near Jerusalem, the home of Lazarus, Martha and Mary in the Gospels.
Classic name
100,902births since 1880
1980sgeneration
No. 87rank at its peak, in 1987
Where babies named Bethany are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bethany is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bethany is most common in Rhode Island (2.8 times), Maine (2.4) and New Hampshire (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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