Girls' name · since 1937
Bettejean
Bettejean has 18 recorded births since 1937 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1944 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #46,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1937
- 1940s
- peak decade
18 girls have been named Bettejean since 1937, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bettejean has 18 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 1944.
- #46,813 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1937
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bettejean ranks #46,813 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1937, peaking in the 1940s.
- #46,813 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1937
- 1940s
- peak decade
Bettejean's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bettejean's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bettejean's SSA record in two at 1942 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1937, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1944 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bettejean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–1944
- Peak year (1944)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Bettejean by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1940s was Bettejean's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Bettejean births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bettejean: 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 (~7 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, 1937–1944 (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 Bettejean 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.