Bettylou — girls' name

What the Data Says About Bettylou

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,390 babies named Bettylou between 1916 and 2015, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bettylou currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 81 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bettylou performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 473 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Bettylou shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 75 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Minnesota. In total, SSA state-level files list Bettylou in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bettylou 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 1,390 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.