Bettyann — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bettyann

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,403 babies named Bettyann between 1917 and 2008, spanning 92 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bettyann currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1943, when 58 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bettyann performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 392 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Bettyann shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 215 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Bettyann in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bettyann 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 1,403 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.