Bethel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Bethel: Recorded since 1998, its highest recorded position is #1,371, and it stood at #1,894 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
29times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#1371highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1998–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1998	#2701
2002	#2540
2003	#3594
2004	#3197
2005	#1406
2006	#3548
2007	#2895
2008	#2150
2009	#1909
2010	#1584
2011	#2025
2012	#1809
2013	#1639
2014	#1562
2015	#1601
2016	#1571
2017	#2090
2018	#2090
2019	#2286
2020	#2300
2021	#2499
2022	#1501
2023	#1371
2024	#1894

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 27 years from 1998 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1998–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1998
First recorded at #2701 among girls in England and Wales in 1998 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1998–2024
Highest recorded position: #1371 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 1998–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1894 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Bethel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 24 years beginning in 1998, and has registered 311 births with the name.

Bethel across 2 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.

Bethel'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
England and Wales · Girls	#2701 (1998)	#1371 (2023)	#1894 (2024)	24 of 27	311 (1998–2024)	23 (2023)
England and Wales · Boys	#3589 (2007)	#3589 (2007)	#3688 (2024)	5 of 18	18 (2007–2024)	5 (2024)

Bethel by decade in England and Wales · 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 Bethel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	67	8 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	160	10 of 10	16
2020s	79	5 of 10	16

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 16 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Bethel appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1371 in England and Wales in 2023.

Bethel'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	#1894	15	High	Verified
2024	England and Wales	male	#3688	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1371	23	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1501	20	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#2499	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2286	11	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2090	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1571	20	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1601	19	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1562	19	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1639	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1809	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1584	18	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2895	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#3548	5	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1406	16	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3197	5	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1998 and 2024, ranked in 24 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,371, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Elaf · #1371, 19y
Hera · #1371, 21y
Ama · #1372, 27y
Amnah · #1372, 28y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Hera · #1371, 21y
Ama · #1372, 27y
Amnah · #1372, 28y
Anissa · #1372, 28y

Bethel 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 Bethel without appearing here.

Bethel moved ahead of

Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3548 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2150 and #5545.
Therese Compare
In 2007 they stood at #2895 and #2895 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #2150 and #5545.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2090 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #2286 and #5591.
Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2286 and #2286 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2300 and #5493.

Moved ahead of Bethel

Frida Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1406 and #1934 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #1862.
Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2701 and #3848 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2540 and #938.
Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1406 and #2682 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #3548 and #2137.
Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #2499 and #1286.

Moved the opposite way to Bethel

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Bethel went from #2701 to #1371 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Kristin Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Bethel went from #2701 to #1371 while Kristin went from #1122 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Bethel went from #2701 to #1371 while Therese went from #2165 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Bethel went from #2701 to #1371 while Tracey went from #1319 to #5687.

Moved the same way as Bethel

Harper Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bethel went from #3594 to #1894 and Harper from #4373 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Bethel went from #3197 to #1894 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1998 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1371 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Bethel

Bethel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bethel across 2 official records

Bethel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bethel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bethel and the names beside it

Bethel moved ahead of

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Bethel at a glance

Bethel across 2 official records

Bethel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Bethel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Bethel and the names beside it

Bethel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bethel

Moved the opposite way to Bethel

Moved the same way as Bethel