Recorded 1937–1944 Girls' name Peak 1944 18 births

Bettejean — girls' name

18 babies named Bettejean in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1944. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1930s51940s13
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.

What the Data Says About Bettejean

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Bettejean between 1937 and 1944, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bettejean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1944. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bettejean performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bettejean shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bettejean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 18 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Bettejean at a glance

Last recorded 1944

Total births

18

Since 1937

8 years of records

Peak year

1944

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1944

Active since

1937

Recorded for 8 years

Last year on file: 1944

Bettejean popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1944–1937

Last recorded 1944
Peak year (1944)
7
Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 194419421937 5

Bettejean by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
13 births that decade — 72% of Bettejean's all-time total
1930s51940s13

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bettejean?
18 babies have been named Bettejean since 1937. It was last recorded in 1944. The peak year was 1944 with 7 births.
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?
Bettejean has been recorded in Social Security data since 1937, spanning 8 years of data through 1944.
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.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1937–1944 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.