Beth

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Beth: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Beth: Recorded since 1987, it reached #40 in 2000, and it stood at #266 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
92times a registrar ranked it
39years from first to last
#40highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Beth's record

Moved 368 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#83
1997	#96
1998	#108
1999	#104
2000	#106
2001	#114
2002	#125
2003	#130
2004	#149
2005	#167
2006	#187
2007	#221
2008	#213
2009	#251
2010	#268
2011	#315
2012	#308
2013	#368
2014	#576
2015	#444
2016	#645
2017	#648
2018	#864
2019	#1189
2020	#1313
2021	#1351
2022	#1685
2023	#1863
2024	#2253

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 34 of the 39 years from 1987 to 2025.

In 2024: #161 among girls in Northern Ireland, #181 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #431 among girls in Scotland, #2253 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1987–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1987
First recorded at #488 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1987 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #40 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #266 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Beth appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1987, and has registered 847 births with the name.

Beth across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Beth's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#488 (1987)	#124 (2011)	#266 (2025)	34 of 39	847 (1987–2025)	52 (2011)
England and Wales · Girls	#83 (1996)	#83 (1996)	#2253 (2024)	29 of 29	6,440 (1996–2024)	656 (1996)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#89 (1997)	#40 (2000)	#161 (2024)	28 of 28	910 (1997–2024)	54 (2000)

Beth by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Beth in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1980s	3	1 of 10	3
1990s	61	7 of 10	9
2000s	241	10 of 10	24
2010sbusiest	389	10 of 10	39
2020s	153	6 of 10	26

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 39 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Beth appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #40 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Beth's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#2253	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1863	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1351	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1313	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1189	28	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#864	43	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#648	64	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#645	65	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#444	98	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#576	73	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#368	123	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#308	156	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#315	156	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#268	184	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#251	191	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#213	240	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#221	230	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#187	276	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#167	305	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#149	348	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#130	380	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#125	375	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#114	409	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#106	460	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#104	480	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#108	473	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#96	536	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#83	656	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#161	12	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#209	8	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#183	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#131	18	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#103	20	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#119	18	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#119	20	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#103	22	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#82	31	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#81	31	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#94	25	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#82	30	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#94	27	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#78	31	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#53	48	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#60	39	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#45	53	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#53	43	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#45	54	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#48	39	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#54	36	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#46	50	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#50	45	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#51	46	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#40	54	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	female	#55	39	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#69	35	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	female	#89	26	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#266	16	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#181	25	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	20	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	34	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	28	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	30	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#160	33	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#146	38	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#158	35	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#185	28	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#127	50	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	41	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#141	42	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#157	37	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#124	52	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#184	33	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	31	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#212	26	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#174	34	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#159	32	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#166	27	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#235	16	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#200	19	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#176	22	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#173	23	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#269	11	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#206	17	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#252	10	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#363	7	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	6	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	female	#255	13	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#488	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#431	7	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1987 and 2025, ranked in 34 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #40, first reached in 2000.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 656 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 37 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Bethan · #72, 30y
Bethany · #11, 33y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Shay · #39, 39y
Eilidh · #38, 30y
Caelan · #43, 30y
Mollie · #37, 34y

Also first recorded in the 1980s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1980 and 1989.

Mille · #40, 35y
Ashton · #41, 33y
Hollie · #41, 41y
Josh · #38, 36y

Beth was ranked #40 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Beth and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Beth without appearing here.

Beth moved ahead of

Rita Compare
In 1999 they stood at #363 and #304 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #269 and #536.
Belinda Compare
In 1997 they stood at #363 and #363 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #252 and #498.
Tina Compare
In 1997 they stood at #393 and #393 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1998 that had become #252 and #498.
Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #158 and #76 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2018 that had become #146 and #387.

Moved ahead of Beth

Shania Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #1353.
Paula Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #2504 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #1491.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1863 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2253 and #1541.
Jane Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1351 and #2341 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #1685 and #1023.

Moved the opposite way to Beth

Aimee Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 while Aimee went from #147 to #885.
Aisling Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 while Aisling went from #14 to #180.
Alison Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 while Alison went from #58 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 while Amanda went from #21 to #608.

Moved the same way as Beth

Annie Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 and Annie from #256 to #33.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 and Clodagh from #132 to #47.
Ella Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 and Ella from #386 to #17.
Erin Compare
Between 1987 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Beth went from #488 to #266 and Erin from #232 to #71.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 4 regions, from 1987 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #40 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Beth

Beth at a glance

What stands out in Beth's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Beth across 3 official records

Beth by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Beth appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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What stands out in Beth's record

Beth across 3 official records

Beth by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Beth appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1980s

Names published alongside Beth

Beth and the names beside it

Beth moved ahead of

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