Bettyjean — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bettyjean

The Social Security Administration has registered 421 babies named Bettyjean between 1921 and 1991, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bettyjean currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bettyjean performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 119 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bettyjean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bettyjean in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bettyjean 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 421 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.