Betheny
Bétheny is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.
Meaning & Origin of Betheny
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Bétheny is a commune in the Marne department in northeastern France.
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The Story of Betheny
Betheny first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1959, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1988: 14 births, good for #5,598 nationwide. About 37% of every Betheny on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Betheny last appeared in the published SSA data in 2015, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 268 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Betheny
Betheny is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 268 births in the dataset. Betheny's peak popularity came in 1988 when it ranked #5,598. Use the chart and map above to compare Betheny's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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