Girls' name · since 1919
Bettylee
136 babies named Bettylee in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
136 girls have been named Bettylee since 1919, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Bettylee recorded 136 times among girls since 1919, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, 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 1919 to 1935.
- #23,763 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1919
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bettylee ranks #23,763 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1919, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,763 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1919
- 1920s
- peak decade
Bettylee's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bettylee's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Bettylee splits its recorded history at 1927: 42% of all births land in the more recent half, 58% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1925 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Bettylee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1935
- Peak year (1925)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Bettylee by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (104 births, 76% of the file).
1920s was Bettylee's strongest decade.
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 76% of all-time use.
Bettylee births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 6
1910s
6 births
- 1920s
1920s
104 births
- 1930s 26
1930s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 104 births (76% of all-time use).
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- Bettylee's decade-level peak was the 1920s (104 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bettylee: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1925)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1919–1935 (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 Bettylee 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.