Girls' name · since 1960
Betsaida
Betsaida has 866 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,216 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 866
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Betsaida currently ranks #15216 among girls' names in America, with 866 babies recorded since 1960.
Betsaida has 866 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15216 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #8,295 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,216 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 866 born since 1960
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Betsaida ranks #8,295 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,216 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 866 born since 1960, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,295 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,216 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 866
- born since 1960
- 2000s
- peak decade
Betsaida's 866 recorded births place it above 88.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Betsaida compares
866 Top 35% higher than 65% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Betsaida's all-time total is 130% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Betsaida | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 866 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 38 | 21 | 19,840 |
Betsaida's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Betsaida's full recorded timeline at 1997, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 38 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Betsaida popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 38
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Betsaida by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (280 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Betsaida's strongest decade.
280 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Betsaida births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s 99
1970s
99 births
- 1980s 77
1980s
77 births
- 1990s
1990s
117 births
- 2000s
2000s
280 births
- 2010s
2010s
216 births
- 2020s 53
2020s
53 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 280 births (32% of all-time use).
How Betsaida compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Betsaida's total volume
Betsaida by state
Where Betsaida concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 141 | 16.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 58 | 6.7% |
| #3 | New York | | 16 | 1.8% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
141 of 866 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Betsaida's data
- Betsaida's decade-level peak was the 2000s (280 total births); usage has since declined to 53 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Betsaidas (141 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Betsaida: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
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, 1960–2025 (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 Betsaida 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.