Bettie — #8407 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bettie

The Social Security Administration has registered 38,385 babies named Bettie between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bettie currently holds the #8407 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 1,228 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bettie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 10,335 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Bettie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 3,792 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Bettie in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bettie 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 38,385 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.