Betina — #10367 US girls' name
1,006 babies named Betina in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 1973. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 41% of names given to girls today.
31% of everyone ever named Betina was born in this single decade.
49 babies were named Betina in 1973 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Betina
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,006 babies named Betina between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Betina currently holds the #10367 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 49 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Betina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 312 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Betina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 28 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Betina in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Betina in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,006 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Betina at a glance
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Current rank
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Betina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (1973)
- 49
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #10367 among girls.
1,006 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1973 with 49 births in a single year.
Betina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 312 births that decade — 31% of Betina's all-time total
Betina decade highlights
- Peak decade 312 births
- Runner-up 296 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Betina's strongest decade
312 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 31% of all-time use.
Betina by state
Where Betina concentrates geographically — total births since 1946
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 2.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 13 | 1.3% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New York | | 5 | 0.5% |
28 of 1,006 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 2.8% of nationwide
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
- North Carolina 0.5% of nationwide
- New York 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 5 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.