Bethie

Girls' name

Beth with the suffix -ie

Bethie has been given to 5 babies in the U.S. since 1958. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1958, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Bethie, 1958

1 in 827,000

Bethie over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Bethie: meaning, origin, and history

Beth with the suffix -ie

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Bethie means

Bethie is formed from Beth with the suffix -ie.

Origin, language, and formation

Bethie is used in English.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Beth and Elizabeth.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Bethie between 1958 and 1958. Its highest annual count was 5 in 1958; its best national rank was #6,174 in 1958.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Bethie?

Bethie had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1958, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1958: 1 in 827,000; 5 of 4,133,550 births
Among girls only: 1 in 402,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1958: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 573,033 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Bethie sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1958 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 573,033 children born in 1958 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Bethie. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bethies were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Bethie was born before 1958 — so the typical Bethie is around 67 today.

Median birth year: 1958; About 67 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 100.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 5; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 100.0% of all recorded uses (5).

Is Bethie rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1958 (5)
Years since peak: 67; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #6,174; 1958

Spellings of Bethie

Bethie is not the most common spelling — Bessie is, with 29.1% against Bethie's <0.01%.

Bessie29.1%170,140
Beth27.3%159,430
Nettie8.5%49,443
Bettie6.6%38,395
Bette6.0%34,897
Bettye3.9%22,920
Ruthie3.9%22,624
Kathie2.6%15,086

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Bethie by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,174; 1958
Peak year: 1958; 5 that year
First recorded: 1958
Last recorded: 1958
All-time count: 5
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Bethie

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Bettee Betsye Bettzy Bethal Bethea Betony Betzhy Betiel Bettine Sylphie Bethlyn Elphie Mathie Joshie Bethzi Mishie Bett Bethanye Betsabet Betsayda Bethesda Betsua Bethy Bettsy

Sibling names for Bethie

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Gerri Lizabeth Laureen Pamala Valorie Ginny Cindi Dorene

For a brother

Von Curtiss Russ Lonny Nicky Dwain Gerry Stan

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