Girls' name · since 1944
Betsi
Since 1944, U.S. Social Security records show 162 babies named Betsi, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
162 girls have been named Betsi since 1944, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Betsi has 162 recorded births among girls since 1944, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1944 to 2007.
- #21,958 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 162 born since 1944
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Betsi ranks #21,958 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 162 born since 1944, peaking in the 1960s.
- #21,958 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 162
- born since 1944
- 1960s
- peak decade
Betsi's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Betsi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Betsi splits its recorded history at 1969: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1956 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Betsi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–2007
- Peak year (2006)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Betsi by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (40 births, 25% of the file).
1960s was Betsi's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Betsi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
19 births
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
- 1960s
1960s
40 births
- 1970s
1970s
30 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 8
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 40 births (25% of all-time use).
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- Betsi's usage has stayed within range of its 1960s decade-level peak (40 total births) through the 2000s (30) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Betsi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1944–2007 (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 Betsi 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.