as a First Name
Short form of Elizabeth, not used before the 19th century, when it became popular in America and elsewhere after publication of Louisa M. Alcott's novel Little Women (1868), in which Beth March is one of the four sisters who are the central characters.
| 235th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 258,581
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Indiana
- has the most people named Beth per capita
- 1964
- marked the height of its popularity
99.99%
0.01%
20%
55+
55+
72%
30-54
30-54
7%
13-29
13-29
0.80%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
