Meaning and history
A short form of Elizabeth, and sometimes of Bethany.
20062006: 85 births, rank #2,248
2007: 61 births, rank #2,930
2008: 69 births, rank #2,663
2009: 40 births, rank #3,870
2010: 36 births, rank #4,107
20112011: 49 births, rank #3,303
2012: 47 births, rank #3,419
2013: 35 births, rank #4,156
2014: 45 births, rank #3,486
2015: 44 births, rank #3,533
20162016: 39 births, rank #3,849
2017: 38 births, rank #3,919
2018: 46 births, rank #3,396
2019: 33 births, rank #4,260
2020: 43 births, rank #3,498
20212021: 52 births, rank #3,112
2022: 40 births, rank #3,765
2023: 31 births, rank #4,454
2024: 53 births, rank #3,047
20252025: 45 births, rank #3,389
Beth moved from #835 to #858 for girls between 1996 and 1997. Its highest annual birth count came in 1961, with 6,716 births.