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Baby name
Bethel
Girl Boy
84% girls / 16% boys
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Classic name
5,221births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 665rank at its peak, in 1922
Where babies named Bethel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bethel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Bethel is most common in Kentucky (8.8 times), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Ethel 278,922
Names from the same era
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Classic name
1,016births since 1880
1910sgeneration
No. 1097rank at its peak, in 1919
Where babies named Bethel are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Bethel is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
One letter apart
- Ethel 1,490
Names from the same era
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Girls and boys, decade by decade
| Decade | Girls | Boys |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 88% | 12% |
| 1900s | 89% | 11% |
| 1910s | 79% | 21% |
| 1920s | 80% | 20% |
| 1930s | 77% | 23% |
| 1940s | 75% | 25% |
| 1950s | 72% | 28% |
| 1960s | 87% | 13% |
| 1970s | 88% | 12% |
| 1980s | 96% | 4% |
| 1990s | 100% | 0% |
| 2000s | 98% | 2% |
| 2010s | 97% | 3% |
| 2020s | 94% | 6% |