NameTrendsU.S. Baby Name Data

Betty Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Betty: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,001,238 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
1,001,238
Peak year
1930 #2
Years on the list
146
10-year trend
+16.0%

In the 1930s · Most used in PA in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

YearBirthsRank
2011167#1375
2012141#1553
2013177#1322
2014196#1240
2015192#1268
2016179#1328
2017177#1319
2018216#1131
2019163#1379
2020198#1175
2021205#1189
2022210#1157
2023202#1187
2024253#1012
2025212#1113

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1930

PA
2,606
OH
2,301
IL
2,263
TX
2,259
MO
1,675
NC
1,531

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