Girls' name · since 1922
Bettey
Since 1922, U.S. Social Security records show 119 babies named Bettey, peaking in 1922. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bettey sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 119 recorded since 1922.
Bettey has 119 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1960.
- #25,183 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 119 born since 1922
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bettey ranks #25,183 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 119 born since 1922, peaking in the 1920s.
- #25,183 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 119
- born since 1922
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bettey's 119 recorded births place it above 65.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bettey's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bettey splits its recorded history at 1934: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1933 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1922 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bettey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1960
- Peak year (1922)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Bettey by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (42 births, 35% of the file).
1920s was Bettey's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Bettey births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
42 births
- 1930s
1930s
34 births
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 42 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Bettey's decade-level peak was the 1920s (42 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bettey: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1922)
Similar record span (~38 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, 1922–1960 (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 Bettey 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.