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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| 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 1961
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Mississippi#277 · 1 in 1,551
- Alabama#411 · 1 in 3,436
- Tennessee#546 · 1 in 6,035
- Texas#804 · 1 in 9,313
Best ever in a state: #43 in Tennessee, 1934.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | #277 | 16 | 1 in 1,551 |
| Alabama | #411 | 10 | 1 in 3,436 |
| Tennessee | #546 | 6 | 1 in 6,035 |
| Texas | #804 | 12 | 1 in 9,313 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
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| 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 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
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2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 26,214 of them was named Bettye, which outranked 83.3% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,253Sharri78
- #1,253Vilma78
- #1,253Winona78
- #1,260Bettye77
- #1,260Gwenda77
- #1,260Jacquelynn77
- #1,260Joi77
- #1,268Alta76
- #1,268Andria76
- #1,268Carma76
Tied with 7 names at #1,260; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.