Girls' name · since 1920
Bettejane
Bettejane has 71 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1944 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,906 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1920
- 1940s
- peak decade
71 girls have been named Bettejane since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bettejane has been recorded 71 times among girls since 1920, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 1950.
- #30,906 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 71 born since 1920
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bettejane ranks #30,906 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 71 born since 1920, peaking in the 1940s.
- #30,906 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 71
- born since 1920
- 1940s
- peak decade
Bettejane's 71 recorded births place it above 57.08% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bettejane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bettejane's full recorded timeline at 1943, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1920, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1944 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bettejane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–1950
- Peak year (1944)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Bettejane by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (43 births, 61% of the file).
1940s was Bettejane's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Bettejane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
43 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 43 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Bettejane's decade-level peak was the 1940s (43 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1950s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bettejane: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1944)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1920–1950 (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 Bettejane 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.