Bathsheba · Shortlist Together

Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bathsheba.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1951

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 44 recorded years as a table

Bathsheba, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1951	5
1952	6
1953	7
1954	7
1955	3
1957	3
1958	5
1959	2
1960	3
1962	3
1963	3
1964	3
1967	4
1968	5
1969	4
1970	5
1973	10
1974	4
1975	5
1976	10
1977	12
1978	10
1979	8
1980	5
1981	6
1982	4
1983	3
1984	4
1985	5
1986	7
1987	5
1989	5
1993	3
1994	4
1999	3
2003	3
2009	4
2011	3
2014	4
2016	3
2017	5
2019	3
2022	3
2023	4

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bathsheba isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023: 6
Rank in 2023: #13,462
How rare: 1 in 267,430 girls
Since 1951: 365

Bathsheba was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 12 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bathsheba doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.