Girls' name · since 1880
Bettie
Bettie has 38,395 recorded births since 1880 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1924 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,457 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,395
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bettie currently ranks #9457 among girls' names in America, with 38,395 babies recorded since 1880.
Social Security Administration records show Bettie recorded 38,395 times among girls since 1880, holding rank #9457 nationally today, ahead of 45% of girls, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #709 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,457 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 38,395 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bettie ranks #709 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,457 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 38,395 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #709 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,457 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 38,395
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bettie's 38,395 recorded births place it above 99.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by North Carolina.
How Bettie compares
38,395 Top 5% higher than 95% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bettie's all-time total is 102x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bettie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38,395 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,228 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bettie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bettie splits its recorded history at 1951: 12% of all births land in the more recent half, 88% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1995 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1924 peak of 1,228 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bettie popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1924)
- 1,228
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Bettie popularity over time - boys
83 total births recorded since 1923 (Bettie as boys' name)
Bettie by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (10,335 births, 27% of the file).
1920s was Bettie's strongest decade.
10,335 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Bettie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 1,298
1880s
1,298 births
- 1890s 1,357
1890s
1,357 births
- 1900s 1,363
1900s
1,363 births
- 1910s 3,245
1910s
3,245 births
- 1920s
1920s
10,335 births
- 1930s
1930s
8,936 births
- 1940s
1940s
6,877 births
- 1950s 3,176
1950s
3,176 births
- 1960s 969
1960s
969 births
- 1970s 322
1970s
322 births
- 1980s 175
1980s
175 births
- 1990s 82
1990s
82 births
- 2000s 88
2000s
88 births
- 2010s 107
2010s
107 births
- 2020s 65
2020s
65 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 10,335 births (27% of all-time use).
How Bettie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Bettie's total volume
Bettie by state
Where Bettie concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 3,792 | 9.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 3,217 | 8.4% |
| #3 | Mississippi | | 2,713 | 7.1% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 2,149 | 5.6% |
| #5 | Virginia | | 1,825 | 4.8% |
| #6 | Tennessee | | 1,635 | 4.3% |
| #7 | Kentucky | | 1,328 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 1,206 | 3.1% |
3,792 of 38,395 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Bettie appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Bettie's data
- Bettie's decade-level peak was the 1920s (10,335 total births); usage has since declined to 65 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Betties (3,792 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bettie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1924)
Similar record span (~145 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, 1880–2025 (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 Bettie 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.