Bettie

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · Last seen for boys in 1959 at #3,988
Given to girls 99.8% of the time

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Peak · girls
1882 · 136 births
Debut · girls
113 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
38,395
since 1880

Bettie over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bettie has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201905peak #131, 1882girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710—
2024#8,44312—
2023#8,48612—
2022#9,68010—
2021#8,97811—
2020#9,54610—
2019#9,73610—
2018#12,4647—
2017——
2016#12,8767—
2015#10,8669—
2014#6,98717—
2013#8,58013—
2012#8,20814—
2011#7,11817—
2010#8,70113—
2009#8,88813—
2008#8,52914—
2007#9,53912—
2006#10,61110—
2005#11,8348—
2004#14,1796—
2003——
2002#11,1088—
2001#10,1029—
2000#10,7458—
1999#9,4799—
1998#9,2609—
1997#9,8028—
1996#8,13210—
1995#11,7836—
1994#10,5697—
1993#7,49811—
1992——
1991#7,43011—
1990#7,30311—
1989#4,52220—
1988#6,66611—
1987#4,28319—
1986#5,18814—
1985#4,63516—
1984#4,96614—
1983#3,34024—
1982#4,34717—
1981#4,34417—
1980#3,50623—
1979#3,14726—
1978#3,92418—
1977#2,90927—
1976#3,40720—
1975#2,68028—
1974#2,55629—
1973#2,17136—
1972#2,31132—
1971#1,70953—
1970#1,71953—
1969#1,44066—
1968#1,41863—
1967#1,39962—
1966#1,31268—
1965#1,24075—
1964#1,10398—
1963#1,082100—
1962#985118—
1961#895145—
1960#775174—
1959#663229#3,9885
1958#690205—
1957#586272—
1956#611246—
1955#548279—
1954#495321—
1953#476326—
1952#445371—
1951#363490—
1950#387437—
1949#335538—
1948#308616—
1947#307649—
1946#282679—
1945#255691#3,3385
1944#251719—
1943#245782—
1942#256724—
1941#234732#3,5055
1940#225747—
1939#214776#3,4805
1938#201869#2,4799
1937#218762—
1936#203825#3,1476
1935#205831—
1934#196916—
1933#185921#2,21411
1932#183999#3,7765
1931#1771,032—
1930#1911,005#4,0015
1929#1901,029#3,5596
1928#1861,098—
1927#1901,072#4,2105
1926#1781,183#3,7086
1925#1811,204—
1924#1831,228#4,3475
1923#1971,058#4,2395
1922#219868—
1921#228818—
1920#232777—
1919#259608—
1918#273522—
1917#291447—
1916#332339—
1915#317347—
1914#328256—
1913#325216—
1912#327191—
1911#316153—
1910#300166—
1909#312137—
1908#311130—
1907#278157—
1906#317110—
1905#294128—
1904#252155—
1903#282123—
1902#259145—
1901#281111—
1900#250167—
1899#239135—
1898#240150—
1897#239138—
1896#255125—
1895#239133—
1894#249118—
1893#230129—
1892#202155—
1891#194138—
1890#204136—
1889#188144—
1888#172169—
1887#183117—
1886#164141—
1885#162127—
1884#164118—
1883#145130—
1882#131136—
1881#148103—
1880#138113—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Bettie was already there! It came in at #138, and was given to 113 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1992, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Bettie is popular in 1905

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Bettie
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 1,014 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #9,457)
  • 89 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #9,457)
  • 1,409 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 41 spots in 1917 (#332 → #291)
  • Biggest drop: 120 spots in 1961 (#775 → #895)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1882 at #131 (136 births)
  • Births halved by 1966, 84 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1962
Share of babies · girls
1 in 793
  • Highest: 1 in 793 girls born in 1882 were named Bettie (0.13%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Bettie (10,335) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s1,298#131 (1882)#160
1890s1,357#194 (1891)#229
1900s1,363#250 (1900)#284
1910s3,245#259 (1919)#307
1920s10,335#178 (1926)#198
1930s8,936#177 (1931)#197
1940s6,877#225 (1940)#270
1950s3,176#363 (1951)#526
1960s969#775 (1960)#1,165
1970s322#1,709 (1971)#2,653
1980s175#3,340 (1983)#4,580
1990s82#7,303 (1990)#9,028
2000s88#8,529 (2008)#10,615
2010s107#6,987 (2014)#9,504
2020s65#8,443 (2024)#9,098

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.

Bettie in 1905

girls
#294
128 births · 1 in 2,278 girls

Top girls' names in 1905

  1. #1Mary16,067
  2. #2Helen6,811
  3. #3Margaret5,690
  4. #4Anna5,424
  5. #5Ruth5,068
  6. #6Elizabeth4,121
  7. #7Dorothy3,937
  8. #8Mildred3,758
  9. #9Marie3,643
  10. #10Alice3,610
  11. #294Bettie128
More about 1905

girls

291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 2,278 of them was named Bettie, which outranked 86.8% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bettie
  1. #291Adelaide130
  2. #291Hallie130
  3. #291Lilly130
  4. #294Bettie128
  5. #294Frankie128
  6. #296Nola127
  7. #297Lulu126
  8. #297Myra126

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1904
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,052Orma#1,877 → #825
  2. ↑ 951Doretha#1,877 → #926
  3. ↑ 909Doshie#1,877 → #968
  4. ↑ 862Sydney#1,659 → #797
  5. ↑ 834Dulcie#1,659 → #825
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,126Luberta#805 → #1,931
  2. ↓ 966Diane#965 → #1,931
  3. ↓ 966Pearly#965 → #1,931
  4. ↓ 843Melinda#853 → #1,696
  5. ↓ 765Izora#773 → #1,538

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1905 →