Girls' name · since 1945
Besty
Besty has 53 recorded births since 1945 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1945 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Besty sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 53 recorded since 1945.
Social Security Administration records show Besty recorded 53 times among girls since 1945, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1976.
- #34,265 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 53 born since 1945
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Besty ranks #34,265 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 53 born since 1945, peaking in the 1960s.
- #34,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 53
- born since 1945
- 1960s
- peak decade
Besty's 53 recorded births place it above 52.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Besty's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Besty splits its recorded history at 1964: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1945 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Besty popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1976
- Peak year (1945)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Besty by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (20 births, 38% of the file).
1960s was Besty's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Besty births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
9 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
20 births
- 1970s
1970s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 20 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Besty's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (20 total births) through the 1970s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1945–1976 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Besty draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.