Betsey
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #15,306
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,481since 1884
Betsey over time
Rank among girls' names. Betsey has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #9,559 | 8 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #7,449 | 10 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #5,312 | 14 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 |
| 1985 | #4,635 | 16 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #3,647 | 22 |
| 1981 | #3,066 | 28 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 |
| 1979 | #2,724 | 32 |
| 1978 | #2,741 | 30 |
| 1977 | #2,666 | 31 |
| 1976 | #2,255 | 37 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 |
| 1972 | #2,093 | 37 |
| 1971 | #2,665 | 27 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #3,199 | 18 |
| 1968 | #3,610 | 14 |
| 1967 | #2,781 | 20 |
| 1966 | #2,668 | 21 |
| 1965 | #2,538 | 23 |
| 1964 | #2,011 | 35 |
| 1963 | #1,715 | 45 |
| 1962 | #1,858 | 38 |
| 1961 | #1,872 | 38 |
| 1960 | #1,855 | 37 |
| 1959 | #1,672 | 43 |
| 1958 | #1,630 | 43 |
| 1957 | #1,728 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,693 | 39 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,611 | 36 |
| 1951 | #1,314 | 50 |
| 1950 | #1,495 | 38 |
| 1949 | #1,323 | 48 |
| 1948 | #1,358 | 46 |
| 1947 | #1,170 | 59 |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 |
| 1945 | #1,015 | 58 |
| 1944 | #1,315 | 37 |
| 1943 | #1,077 | 55 |
| 1942 | #993 | 62 |
| 1941 | #1,133 | 43 |
| 1940 | #1,114 | 42 |
| 1939 | #1,240 | 35 |
| 1938 | #1,055 | 46 |
| 1937 | #1,234 | 34 |
| 1936 | #1,062 | 43 |
| 1935 | #1,550 | 23 |
| 1934 | #1,518 | 24 |
| 1933 | #1,289 | 31 |
| 1932 | #1,382 | 29 |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 |
| 1930 | #2,110 | 16 |
| 1929 | #1,642 | 23 |
| 1928 | #1,502 | 28 |
| 1927 | #2,095 | 18 |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 |
| 1925 | #1,700 | 25 |
| 1924 | #2,308 | 16 |
| 1923 | #1,672 | 25 |
| 1922 | #1,611 | 27 |
| 1921 | #1,543 | 29 |
| 1920 | #2,263 | 16 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #2,102 | 17 |
| 1917 | #1,847 | 19 |
| 1916 | #1,949 | 17 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #1,740 | 15 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,122 | 9 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,136 | 8 |
| 1893 | #1,437 | 5 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 |
| 1889 | #724 | 13 |
| 1888 | #837 | 10 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Betsey! It came in at #1,024, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Betsey is popular in 1957
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#390 · 1 in 6,726
Best ever in a state: #217 in Connecticut, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #390 | 8 | 1 in 6,726 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Betsey
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
- Biggest jump: 140 spots in 1942 (#1,133 → #993)
- Biggest drop: 148 spots in 1890 (#724 → #872)
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1889 at #724 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1891, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · run 1888–1890
- Highest: 1 in 13,720 girls born in 1889 were named Betsey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 328,026 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
- 20.0% of all girls named Betsey (495) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 33 | #724 (1889) | #908 |
| 1890s | 32 | #872 (1890) | #1,142 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,466 (1901) | #1,858 |
| 1910s | 107 | #1,740 (1914) | #2,012 |
| 1920s | 230 | #1,502 (1928) | #1,811 |
| 1930s | 304 | #1,055 (1938) | #1,403 |
| 1940s | 495 | #993 (1942) | #1,179 |
| 1950s | 393 | #1,314 (1951) | #1,641 |
| 1960s | 289 | #1,715 (1963) | #2,411 |
| 1970s | 279 | #2,093 (1972) | #2,791 |
| 1980s | 177 | #3,066 (1981) | #4,868 |
| 1990s | 36 | #7,303 (1990) | #8,832 |
| 2000s | 38 | #11,459 (2009) | #14,651 |
| 2010s | 36 | #9,723 (2011) | #15,369 |
| 2020s | 5 | #15,306 (2022) | #15,306 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Betsey in 1957
Top girls' names in 1957
More about 1957
girls
2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 52,432 of them was named Betsey, which outranked 75.4% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,705Tanna40
- #1,705Tillie40
- #1,705Vada40
- #1,728Betsey39
- #1,728Adella39
- #1,728Armida39
- #1,728Dovie39
- #1,754Alfredia38
- #1,754Christel38
- #1,754Coletta38
Tied with 25 names at #1,728; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.