Bettina

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births

Peak · girls
#714
1965 · 192 births
Debut · girls
1903
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
6,482
since 1903

Bettina over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Bettina has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201949peak #714, 1965girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#10,1079
2024#15,2935
2023#10,3129
2022#12,2437
2021#8,46412
2020#11,0908
2019#15,5395
2018#9,80610
2017#10,6899
2016#8,39313
2015#14,4826
2014#9,51711
2013#7,03117
2012#8,20814
2011#11,1819
2010#11,2469
2009#8,45414
2008#8,52914
2007#17,6365
2006#11,4179
2005#8,33013
2004#7,82814
2003#7,58014
2002#7,81613
2001#5,57020
2000#6,48716
1999#6,48415
1998#7,53212
1997#3,89728
1996#3,94227
1995#5,67716
1994#4,11525
1993#5,20618
1992#3,41932
1991#2,62046
1990#3,52330
1989#2,65842
1988#1,98660
1987#1,67872
1986#1,73667
1985#1,38293
1984#1,255102
1983#1,183110
1982#1,107127
1981#937159
1980#948158
1979#966149
1978#992139
1977#1,46875
1976#1,25289
1975#1,35079
1974#1,124103
1973#980121
1972#982122
1971#1,026120
1970#1,042118
1969#1,054108
1968#746176
1967#826147
1966#800153
1965#714192
1964#808167
1963#749189
1962#806168
1961#809168
1960#776173
1959#997112
1958#961115
1957#863139
1956#888126
1955#1,09983
1954#1,09381
1953#1,26159
1952#1,21062
1951#1,18362
1950#1,09970
1949#1,13564
1948#1,17359
1947#95886
1946#99771
1945#92567
1944#1,02958
1943#1,22843
1942#1,38734
1941#1,53826
1940#1,40429
1939#1,63822
1938#1,87318
1937#1,41627
1936#1,87317
1935#2,00616
1934#1,48125
1933#1,47025
1932#1,34630
1931#1,42127
1930#2,02317
1929#1,76621
1928#1,73823
1927#2,16917
1926#1,35734
1925#2,11918
1924#1,67926
1923#1,67225
1922#1,50830
1921#1,66826
1920#1,55028
1919#1,74522
1918#1,29934
1917#1,55224
1916#1,21035
1915#1,15335
1914#1,05932
1913#1,12024
1912#1,29717
1911#1,6569
1910#1,11016
1909#1,6078
1908#1,5478
1907#1,8216
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1903#1,7925
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five girls were named Bettina! It came in at #1,792, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1903–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Bettina
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5,186 spots since 2024 (#15,293 → #10,107)
  • 983 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #10,107)
  • 4,375 spots since 2015 (#14,482 → #10,107)
  • Biggest jump: 476 spots in 1978 (#1,468 → #992)
  • Biggest drop: 308 spots in 1969 (#746 → #1,054)
Rise & fade · girls
62 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1965 at #714 (192 births)
  • Births halved by 1975, 10 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1956–1968
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,194
  • Highest: 1 in 9,194 girls born in 1965 were named Bettina (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 178,585 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 25.3% of all girls named Bettina (1,641) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s36#1,298 (1905)#1,613
1910s248#1,059 (1914)#1,320
1920s248#1,357 (1926)#1,723
1930s224#1,346 (1932)#1,655
1940s537#925 (1945)#1,177
1950s909#863 (1957)#1,065
1960s1,641#714 (1965)#809
1970s1,115#966 (1979)#1,118
1980s990#937 (1981)#1,487
1990s249#2,620 (1991)#4,642
2000s132#5,570 (2001)#8,965
2010s103#7,031 (2013)#10,609
2020s50#8,464 (2021)#11,252

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Bettina in 1949

girls
#1,135
64 births · 1 in 26,732 girls

Top girls' names in 1949

  1. #1Linda91,015
  2. #2Mary66,874
  3. #3Patricia46,324
  4. #4Barbara42,600
  5. #5Susan37,709
  6. #6Sandra30,643
  7. #7Nancy29,249
  8. #8Carol26,780
  9. #9Kathleen26,357
  10. #10Sharon25,713
  11. #1,135Bettina64
More about 1949

girls

1,710,877 girls got a published name in 1949; 1 in 26,732 of them was named Bettina, which outranked 81.3% of the 6,066 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bettina
  1. #1,121Merrie65
  2. #1,121Roma65
  3. #1,121Vernita65
  4. #1,135Bettina64
  5. #1,135Erika64
  6. #1,135Lanette64
  7. #1,135Leonora64
  8. #1,144Alida63
  9. #1,144Cherrie63
  10. #1,144Georgine63

Tied with 8 names at #1,135; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1948
Risers
  1. ↑ 937Sharman#1,708 → #771
  2. ↑ 665Roseanna#1,422 → #757
  3. ↑ 483Shauna#1,173 → #690
  4. ↑ 293Jacalyn#1,116 → #823
  5. ↑ 267Sanjuana#1,185 → #918
Fallers
  1. ↓ 339Sandie#939 → #1,278
  2. ↓ 296Syble#955 → #1,251
  3. ↓ 272Shirleen#964 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 266Ginny#734 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 260Dina#861 → #1,121

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1949 →