Total births
18
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.
- 18
- total births
- 1937–1944
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that 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.
- 18 total births
- 1937–1944 years on record
- 1940s peak decade
- 72% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
18 girls have been named Bettejean since 1937, peaking in the 1940s, last recorded in 1944.
- 18
- total births
- 1937–1944
- years on record
- 1940s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
1940s
Peak decade
72% of everyone ever named Bettejean was born in this single decade.
1944
Single peak year
7 babies were named Bettejean in 1944 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 1944Peak year
1944
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1937
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
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Bettejean? ▼
Bettejean has been given to 18 babies in the U.S. since 1937, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 1944. 7 babies were born in 1944, its single highest year.
When was Bettejean most popular? ▼
Bettejean was most popular in the 1940s decade with 13 total births. The single peak year was 1944.
How long has the name Bettejean been used? ▼
The SSA has tracked Bettejean since 1937 -- 8 years through the most recent 1944 data.
What names are similar to Bettejean? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Betty, Beth, Bethany, Betsy, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
Keep exploring Bettejean
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Bettejean: Baby Name Since 1937 - 18 Births, Peak 1944." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/bettejean. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.