Betty — #1008 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Betty

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,001,019 babies named Betty between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Betty currently holds the #1008 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1930, when 38,238 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Betty performed strongest in the 1930s, accumulating 300,408 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Betty shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 66,283 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Betty in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Betty 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 1,001,019 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.