Bettye
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · Last seen for boys in 1942 at #3,560
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 763 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,920since 1883
Bettye over time
Rank among girls' names. Bettye has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,516 | 54 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,532 | 55 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,283 | 74 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,260 | 77 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,070 | 101 | — | |
| 1959 | #921 | 128 | — | |
| 1958 | #931 | 123 | — | |
| 1957 | #838 | 147 | — | |
| 1956 | #682 | 197 | — | |
| 1955 | #572 | 255 | — | |
| 1954 | #535 | 275 | — | |
| 1953 | #468 | 333 | — | |
| 1952 | #423 | 407 | — | |
| 1951 | #383 | 458 | — | |
| 1950 | #360 | 480 | — | |
| 1949 | #314 | 610 | — | |
| 1948 | #304 | 635 | — | |
| 1947 | #285 | 738 | — | |
| 1946 | #277 | 696 | — | |
| 1945 | #261 | 669 | — | |
| 1944 | #256 | 712 | — | |
| 1943 | #257 | 744 | — | |
| 1942 | #252 | 742 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #236 | 729 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #240 | 704 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #243 | 659 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #230 | 727 | — | |
| 1937 | #249 | 638 | — | |
| 1936 | #246 | 638 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #239 | 700 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #232 | 740 | — | |
| 1933 | #220 | 763 | — | |
| 1932 | #230 | 694 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #223 | 741 | — | |
| 1930 | #224 | 751 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #226 | 700 | — | |
| 1928 | #241 | 663 | — | |
| 1927 | #252 | 676 | — | |
| 1926 | #274 | 603 | — | |
| 1925 | #290 | 540 | — | |
| 1924 | #319 | 439 | — | |
| 1923 | #331 | 389 | — | |
| 1922 | #427 | 241 | — | |
| 1921 | #460 | 224 | — | |
| 1920 | #578 | 154 | — | |
| 1919 | #680 | 105 | — | |
| 1918 | #685 | 110 | — | |
| 1917 | #766 | 81 | — | |
| 1916 | #856 | 63 | — | |
| 1915 | #979 | 46 | — | |
| 1914 | #956 | 38 | — | |
| 1913 | #840 | 39 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | — | |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 | — | |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Bettye! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bettye is popular in 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#51 · 1 in 251
- Alabama#64 · 1 in 284
- Arkansas#90 · 1 in 372
- Mississippi#100 · 1 in 374
- Texas#125 · 1 in 541
Best ever in a state: #43 in Tennessee, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #51 | 109 | 1 in 251 |
| Alabama | #64 | 103 | 1 in 284 |
| Arkansas | #90 | 51 | 1 in 372 |
| Mississippi | #100 | 59 | 1 in 374 |
| Texas | #125 | 105 | 1 in 541 |
| Florida | #136 | 22 | 1 in 567 |
| Louisiana | #152 | 31 | 1 in 663 |
| Georgia | #157 | 43 | 1 in 704 |
| Kentucky | #161 | 34 | 1 in 782 |
| Oklahoma | #181 | 26 | 1 in 845 |
| Indiana | #203 | 15 | 1 in 1,516 |
| North Carolina | #206 | 30 | 1 in 1,219 |
| South Carolina | #304 | 9 | 1 in 2,277 |
| Virginia | #339 | 7 | 1 in 3,268 |
| Missouri | #431 | 5 | 1 in 5,268 |
| Illinois | #432 | 8 | 1 in 6,303 |
| Ohio | #463 | 6 | 1 in 7,627 |
| California | #502 | 6 | 1 in 5,820 |
| New York | #605 | 6 | 1 in 13,800 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Bettye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1913 (#1,143 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 345 spots in 1911 (#768 → #1,113)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1933 at #220 (763 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1913–1959
- Highest: 1 in 1,321 girls born in 1933 were named Bettye (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 30.8% of all girls named Bettye (7,051) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #920 (1883) | #1,014 |
| 1890s | 37 | #1,175 (1893) | #1,367 |
| 1900s | 93 | #990 (1909) | #1,271 |
| 1910s | 550 | #680 (1919) | #879 |
| 1920s | 4,629 | #226 (1929) | #340 |
| 1930s | 7,051 | #220 (1933) | #234 |
| 1940s | 6,979 | #236 (1941) | #268 |
| 1950s | 2,803 | #360 (1950) | #611 |
| 1960s | 527 | #1,070 (1960) | #1,857 |
| 1970s | 132 | #2,779 (1970) | #5,653 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,457 (1983) | #8,215 |
| 1990s | 38 | #8,734 (1992) | #11,809 |
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.
Bettye in 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 1,498 of them was named Bettye, which outranked 95.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 208,270 of them was named Bettye, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 501 names at #3,645; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.