Meaning not yet researched.
Betty: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 212 in 2025. Its best rank was #2 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #2 in 1934; #1,113 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Betty in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,113 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 1934, at #2.
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Betty: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 212 girls in 2025. Peak: #2 in 1934 · most girls in one year: 38,240 (1930).
In 2025, 212 US girls were named Betty, making it the 1,113th most common girls’ name of the year, down 101 places from #1,012 in 2024. That is 41 fewer than the 253 girls named Betty in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #2, reached in 1934. The most girls given the name in a single year was 38,240, in 1930. For comparison, it was #1,268 in 2015 and #26 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Betty in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 117 babies with the name. In all, 1,004,857 US babies have been given the name, 99.6% of them girls and 0.4% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 301,840 babies named Betty.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,015 US girls were named Betty; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 253. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,581 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Betty ranked highest in Utah in 2025, at #494 for girls there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Elizabeth (1,693,973 babies since 1880), Lisa (970,012 babies since 1880), Isabella (417,454 babies since 1880) and Tina (293,050 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Betti, Beauty and Bettey are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Betti (849), Beauty (756), Bettey (119), Bety (44), Bethy (11), Beatty (10), Bettee (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Betty in the open dataset we use.
Betty is listed as a nickname for Beth, Elizabeth.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 31 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Utah | 8 | #494 | #501 |
| Missouri | 11 | #522 | #616 |
| Kansas | 5 | #597 | — |
| Maryland | 6 | #744 | — |
| Kentucky | 5 | #762 | — |
| South Carolina | 5 | #792 | — |
| Michigan | 9 | #801 | #1,312 |
| Ohio | 11 | #814 | #1,306 |
| Minnesota | 5 | #857 | #890 |
| Arizona | 6 | #938 | — |
| North Carolina | 8 | #1,074 | #1,422 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,098 | #1,542 |
| Tennessee | 5 | #1,154 | — |
| New York | 12 | #1,174 | #1,507 |
| Virginia | 5 | #1,213 | — |
| Pennsylvania | 6 | #1,260 | #884 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,271 | #864 |
| Texas | 18 | #1,364 | #1,478 |
| California | 15 | #1,507 | #1,303 |
| Florida | 8 | #1,570 | — |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 212 | #1,113 | — | — |
| 2024 | 253 | #1,012 | — | — |
| 2023 | 202 | #1,187 | — | — |
| 2022 | 210 | #1,157 | — | — |
| 2021 | 205 | #1,189 | — | — |
| 2020 | 198 | #1,175 | — | — |
| 2019 | 163 | #1,379 | — | — |
| 2018 | 216 | #1,131 | — | — |
| 2017 | 177 | #1,319 | — | — |
| 2016 | 179 | #1,328 | — | — |
| 2015 | 192 | #1,268 | — | — |
| 2014 | 196 | #1,240 | — | — |
| 2013 | 177 | #1,322 | — | — |
| 2012 | 141 | #1,553 | — | — |
| 2011 | 167 | #1,375 | — | — |
| 2010 | 136 | #1,597 | — | — |
| 2009 | 150 | #1,517 | — | — |
| 2008 | 141 | #1,606 | — | — |
| 2007 | 135 | #1,646 | — | — |
| 2006 | 138 | #1,567 | — | — |
| 2005 | 135 | #1,526 | — | — |
| 2004 | 140 | #1,453 | — | — |
| 2003 | 148 | #1,365 | — | — |
| 2002 | 129 | #1,480 | — | — |
| 2001 | 154 | #1,277 | — | — |
| 2000 | 176 | #1,150 | — | — |
| 1999 | 183 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1998 | 197 | #1,011 | — | — |
| 1997 | 189 | #1,020 | — | — |
| 1996 | 217 | #904 | — | — |
| 1995 | 236 | #830 | — | — |
| 1994 | 276 | #754 | — | — |
| 1993 | 292 | #728 | — | — |
| 1992 | 296 | #722 | — | — |
| 1991 | 346 | #642 | — | — |
| 1990 | 406 | #572 | — | — |
| 1989 | 399 | #561 | — | — |
| 1988 | 395 | #552 | 6 | #6,514 |
| 1987 | 436 | #497 | 5 | #7,067 |
| 1986 | 408 | #510 | — | — |
| 1985 | 502 | #437 | 5 | #6,627 |
| 1984 | 504 | #423 | — | — |
| 1983 | 564 | #390 | 6 | #5,553 |
| 1982 | 635 | #364 | — | — |
| 1981 | 662 | #354 | 7 | #5,007 |
| 1980 | 658 | #359 | — | — |
| 1979 | 710 | #331 | — | — |
| 1978 | 714 | #321 | — | — |
| 1977 | 808 | #293 | 5 | #5,936 |
| 1976 | 908 | #262 | 6 | #4,991 |
| 1975 | 1,021 | #237 | 8 | #3,983 |
| 1974 | 1,131 | #228 | 10 | #3,343 |
| 1973 | 1,322 | #196 | 15 | #2,518 |
| 1972 | 1,364 | #204 | — | — |
| 1971 | 1,764 | #175 | 10 | #3,170 |
| 1970 | 1,966 | #169 | 8 | #3,551 |
| 1969 | 2,135 | #154 | 14 | #2,319 |
| 1968 | 2,133 | #153 | 19 | #1,843 |
| 1967 | 2,543 | #137 | 13 | #2,250 |
| 1966 | 2,946 | #121 | 20 | #1,728 |
| 1965 | 3,566 | #103 | 18 | #1,862 |
| 1964 | 4,070 | #102 | 15 | #2,126 |
| 1963 | 4,156 | #104 | 14 | #2,212 |
| 1962 | 4,763 | #97 | 15 | #2,124 |
| 1961 | 5,584 | #87 | 15 | #2,157 |
| 1960 | 6,501 | #68 | 29 | #1,489 |
| 1959 | 7,313 | #59 | 22 | #1,723 |
| 1958 | 7,715 | #54 | 31 | #1,399 |
| 1957 | 8,479 | #50 | 31 | #1,412 |
| 1956 | 9,218 | #44 | 34 | #1,318 |
| 1955 | 9,924 | #36 | 21 | #1,686 |
| 1954 | 10,620 | #36 | 36 | #1,243 |
| 1953 | 11,369 | #33 | 25 | #1,514 |
| 1952 | 12,129 | #32 | 41 | #1,152 |
| 1951 | 12,822 | #29 | 39 | #1,153 |
| 1950 | 13,615 | #26 | 31 | #1,293 |
| 1949 | 14,936 | #22 | 35 | #1,208 |
| 1948 | 16,625 | #18 | 43 | #1,081 |
| 1947 | 18,966 | #17 | 45 | #1,081 |
| 1946 | 19,711 | #14 | 47 | #982 |
| 1945 | 18,387 | #11 | 62 | #784 |
| 1944 | 19,761 | #10 | 74 | #722 |
| 1943 | 21,596 | #10 | 89 | #677 |
| 1942 | 21,659 | #9 | 111 | #592 |
| 1941 | 20,905 | #7 | 121 | #537 |
| 1940 | 22,077 | #5 | 115 | #551 |
| 1939 | 23,639 | #4 | 130 | #498 |
| 1938 | 25,506 | #4 | 110 | #552 |
| 1937 | 25,337 | #5 | 122 | #524 |
| 1936 | 25,868 | #4 | 116 | #529 |
| 1935 | 28,674 | #4 | 151 | #461 |
| 1934 | 31,089 | #2 | 170 | #430 |
| 1933 | 31,531 | #2 | 156 | #443 |
| 1932 | 34,420 | #2 | 169 | #429 |
| 1931 | 36,105 | #2 | 151 | #460 |
| 1930 | 38,240 | #2 | 156 | #476 |
| 1929 | 36,675 | #2 | 133 | #510 |
| 1928 | 36,083 | #2 | 119 | #560 |
| 1927 | 35,424 | #3 | 105 | #607 |
| 1926 | 32,964 | #3 | 91 | #660 |
| 1925 | 32,812 | #3 | 84 | #703 |
| 1924 | 30,600 | #4 | 68 | #818 |
| 1923 | 25,989 | #5 | 56 | #915 |
| 1922 | 20,895 | #6 | 35 | #1,224 |
| 1921 | 17,638 | #8 | 37 | #1,180 |
| 1920 | 14,016 | #11 | 25 | #1,510 |
| 1919 | 10,106 | #15 | 19 | #1,758 |
| 1918 | 8,803 | #21 | 21 | #1,659 |
| 1917 | 6,639 | #34 | 9 | #2,753 |
| 1916 | 5,136 | #44 | 8 | #2,951 |
| 1915 | 4,181 | #53 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1914 | 2,933 | #62 | 10 | #2,119 |
| 1913 | 2,240 | #67 | 6 | #2,534 |
| 1912 | 2,011 | #66 | — | — |
| 1911 | 1,456 | #69 | — | — |
| 1910 | 1,389 | #69 | 5 | #1,614 |
| 1909 | 1,082 | #77 | 5 | #1,473 |
| 1908 | 1,128 | #72 | 7 | #1,128 |
| 1907 | 1,018 | #77 | 5 | #1,364 |
| 1906 | 865 | #81 | — | — |
| 1905 | 807 | #85 | 5 | #1,253 |
| 1904 | 707 | #91 | 8 | #890 |
| 1903 | 596 | #98 | — | — |
| 1902 | 580 | #101 | — | — |
| 1901 | 473 | #112 | — | — |
| 1900 | 665 | #100 | — | — |
| 1899 | 410 | #119 | — | — |
| 1898 | 421 | #126 | — | — |
| 1897 | 367 | #132 | — | — |
| 1896 | 342 | #139 | — | — |
| 1895 | 350 | #131 | — | — |
| 1894 | 298 | #145 | — | — |
| 1893 | 298 | #139 | — | — |
| 1892 | 255 | #155 | — | — |
| 1891 | 239 | #147 | — | — |
| 1890 | 216 | #164 | — | — |
| 1889 | 189 | #159 | — | — |
| 1888 | 214 | #148 | — | — |
| 1887 | 178 | #144 | — | — |
| 1886 | 167 | #147 | — | — |
| 1885 | 155 | #145 | — | — |
| 1884 | 144 | #149 | — | — |
| 1883 | 120 | #150 | — | — |
| 1882 | 123 | #145 | — | — |
| 1881 | 112 | #140 | — | — |
| 1880 | 117 | #136 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).