Bettye
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · Last seen for boys in 1942 at #3,560
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 763 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 22,920since 1883
Bettye over time
Rank among girls' names. Bettye has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | #7,749 | 8 | — | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | — | |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | — | |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | — | |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | — | |
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,714 | 16 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,955 | 23 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,645 | 25 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,516 | 54 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,532 | 55 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,283 | 74 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,260 | 77 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,070 | 101 | — | |
| 1959 | #921 | 128 | — | |
| 1958 | #931 | 123 | — | |
| 1957 | #838 | 147 | — | |
| 1956 | #682 | 197 | — | |
| 1955 | #572 | 255 | — | |
| 1954 | #535 | 275 | — | |
| 1953 | #468 | 333 | — | |
| 1952 | #423 | 407 | — | |
| 1951 | #383 | 458 | — | |
| 1950 | #360 | 480 | — | |
| 1949 | #314 | 610 | — | |
| 1948 | #304 | 635 | — | |
| 1947 | #285 | 738 | — | |
| 1946 | #277 | 696 | — | |
| 1945 | #261 | 669 | — | |
| 1944 | #256 | 712 | — | |
| 1943 | #257 | 744 | — | |
| 1942 | #252 | 742 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #236 | 729 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #240 | 704 | #2,671 | 8 |
| 1939 | #243 | 659 | #3,480 | 5 |
| 1938 | #230 | 727 | — | |
| 1937 | #249 | 638 | — | |
| 1936 | #246 | 638 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | #239 | 700 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #232 | 740 | — | |
| 1933 | #220 | 763 | — | |
| 1932 | #230 | 694 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #223 | 741 | — | |
| 1930 | #224 | 751 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #226 | 700 | — | |
| 1928 | #241 | 663 | — | |
| 1927 | #252 | 676 | — | |
| 1926 | #274 | 603 | — | |
| 1925 | #290 | 540 | — | |
| 1924 | #319 | 439 | — | |
| 1923 | #331 | 389 | — | |
| 1922 | #427 | 241 | — | |
| 1921 | #460 | 224 | — | |
| 1920 | #578 | 154 | — | |
| 1919 | #680 | 105 | — | |
| 1918 | #685 | 110 | — | |
| 1917 | #766 | 81 | — | |
| 1916 | #856 | 63 | — | |
| 1915 | #979 | 46 | — | |
| 1914 | #956 | 38 | — | |
| 1913 | #840 | 39 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,143 | 21 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,113 | 16 | — | |
| 1910 | #768 | 31 | — | |
| 1909 | #990 | 17 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,261 | 11 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,037 | 14 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,727 | 6 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,093 | 12 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,486 | 7 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,320 | 8 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,353 | 6 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,175 | 7 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,278 | 6 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #1,108 | 5 | — | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Bettye! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1891, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Bettye
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Biggest jump: 303 spots in 1913 (#1,143 → #840)
- Biggest drop: 345 spots in 1911 (#768 → #1,113)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1933 at #220 (763 births)
- Births halved by 1953, 20 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1913–1959
- Highest: 1 in 1,321 girls born in 1933 were named Bettye (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 30.8% of all girls named Bettye (7,051) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #920 (1883) | #1,014 |
| 1890s | 37 | #1,175 (1893) | #1,367 |
| 1900s | 93 | #990 (1909) | #1,271 |
| 1910s | 550 | #680 (1919) | #879 |
| 1920s | 4,629 | #226 (1929) | #340 |
| 1930s | 7,051 | #220 (1933) | #234 |
| 1940s | 6,979 | #236 (1941) | #268 |
| 1950s | 2,803 | #360 (1950) | #611 |
| 1960s | 527 | #1,070 (1960) | #1,857 |
| 1970s | 132 | #2,779 (1970) | #5,653 |
| 1980s | 71 | #5,457 (1983) | #8,215 |
| 1990s | 38 | #8,734 (1992) | #11,809 |
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.
Bettye in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 1,499 of them was named Bettye, which outranked 95.7% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 182,896 of them was named Bettye, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).