Recorded 1919–1945 Girls' name Peak 1919 22 births

Bettijane — girls' name

22 babies named Bettijane in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s61920s111940s5
1920s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Bettijane was born in this single decade.

1919
Single peak year

6 babies were named Bettijane in 1919 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bettijane

The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Bettijane between 1919 and 1945, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bettijane currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1945. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bettijane performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bettijane shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bettijane 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 22 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.

Bettijane at a glance

Last recorded 1945

Total births

22

Since 1919

27 years of records

Peak year

1919

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1945

Active since

1919

Recorded for 27 years

Last year on file: 1945

Bettijane popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1919

Last recorded 1945
Peak year (1919)
6
Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
4.555.566.5 1945192719221919 6

Bettijane by decade

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

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
11 births that decade — 50% of Bettijane's all-time total
1910s61920s111940s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bettijane?
22 babies have been named Bettijane since 1919. It was last recorded in 1945. The peak year was 1919 with 6 births.
When was Bettijane most popular?
Bettijane was most popular in the 1920s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1919.
How long has the name Bettijane been used?
Bettijane has been recorded in Social Security data since 1919, spanning 27 years of data through 1945.
What names are similar to Bettijane?
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, 1919–1945 (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.