Betsy is an established girls' name that peaked in 1959 and has since faded.
Betsy is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #2,724 for girl births in the United States (and #4,798 across all names), given to 63 babies. Betsy was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1959 (1,390 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 63 | 63 | #2,724 | — |
| 2024 | 75 | 75 | #2,417 | — |
| 2023 | 77 | 77 | #2,356 | — |
| 2022 | 85 | 85 | #2,212 | — |
| 2021 | 67 | 67 | #2,593 | — |
| 2020 | 89 | 89 | #2,069 | — |
| 2019 | 92 | 92 | #2,057 | — |
| 2018 | 94 | 94 | #2,062 | — |
| 2017 | 96 | 96 | #2,040 | — |
| 2016 | 106 | 106 | #1,900 | — |
| 2015 | 125 | 125 | #1,696 | — |
| 2014 | 134 | 134 | #1,605 | — |
| 2013 | 134 | 134 | #1,603 | — |
| 2012 | 139 | 139 | #1,567 | — |
| 2011 | 130 | 130 | #1,646 | — |
| 2010 | 154 | 154 | #1,470 | — |
| 2009 | 160 | 160 | #1,453 | — |
| 2008 | 219 | 219 | #1,170 | — |
| 2007 | 247 | 247 | #1,060 | — |
| 2006 | 370 | 370 | #747 | — |
| 2005 | 119 | 119 | #1,672 | — |
| 2004 | 153 | 153 | #1,369 | — |
| 2003 | 133 | 133 | #1,467 | — |
| 2002 | 123 | 123 | #1,536 | — |
| 2001 | 124 | 124 | #1,508 | — |
| 2000 | 157 | 157 | #1,245 | — |
| 1999 | 153 | 153 | #1,231 | — |
| 1998 | 173 | 182 | #1,113 | — |
| 1997 | 171 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1996 | 158 | — | #1,150 | — |
| 1995 | 170 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1994 | 186 | — | #994 | — |
| 1993 | 233 | — | #841 | — |
| 1992 | 237 | — | #840 | — |
| 1991 | 252 | — | #811 | — |
| 1990 | 281 | — | #740 | — |
| 1989 | 302 | — | #675 | — |
| 1988 | 339 | — | #593 | — |
| 1987 | 404 | — | #515 | — |
| 1986 | 354 | — | #563 | — |
| 1985 | 399 | — | #507 | — |
| 1984 | 455 | — | #458 | — |
| 1983 | 401 | — | #490 | — |
| 1982 | 421 | — | #488 | — |
| 1981 | 448 | — | #473 | — |
| 1980 | 536 | — | #413 | — |
| 1979 | 530 | — | #408 | — |
| 1978 | 472 | — | #428 | — |
| 1977 | 470 | — | #433 | — |
| 1976 | 613 | — | #351 | — |
| 1975 | 512 | — | #398 | — |
| 1974 | 489 | — | #409 | — |
| 1973 | 549 | — | #379 | — |
| 1972 | 634 | — | #350 | — |
| 1971 | 700 | — | #354 | — |
| 1970 | 492 | — | #446 | — |
| 1969 | 414 | — | #474 | — |
| 1968 | 479 | — | #434 | — |
| 1967 | 535 | — | #393 | — |
| 1966 | 698 | — | #335 | — |
| 1965 | 932 | — | #287 | — |
| 1964 | 1,026 | — | #284 | — |
| 1963 | 1,078 | — | #277 | — |
| 1962 | 1,012 | — | #287 | — |
| 1961 | 1,137 | — | #270 | #4,120 |
| 1960 | 1,252 | — | #247 | — |
| 1959 | 1,390 | — | #228 | — |
| 1958 | 1,288 | — | #236 | — |
| 1957 | 1,097 | — | #261 | — |
| 1956 | 1,066 | — | #258 | — |
| 1955 | 984 | — | #275 | — |
| 1954 | 1,003 | — | #262 | — |
| 1953 | 986 | — | #259 | — |
| 1952 | 976 | — | #251 | — |
| 1951 | 881 | — | #262 | — |
| 1950 | 890 | — | #254 | — |
| 1949 | 769 | — | #277 | — |
| 1948 | 719 | — | #286 | — |
| 1947 | 847 | — | #261 | — |
| 1946 | 696 | — | #277 | — |
| 1945 | 651 | — | #266 | — |
| 1944 | 670 | — | #267 | — |
| 1943 | 665 | — | #270 | — |
| 1942 | 711 | — | #259 | #3,616 |
| 1941 | 650 | — | #252 | — |
| 1940 | 607 | — | #255 | — |
| 1939 | 513 | — | #272 | — |
| 1938 | 480 | — | #286 | — |
| 1937 | 450 | — | #294 | — |
| 1936 | 384 | — | #307 | — |
| 1935 | 384 | — | #322 | — |
| 1934 | 357 | — | #331 | — |
| 1933 | 323 | — | #349 | — |
| 1932 | 350 | — | #339 | — |
| 1931 | 327 | — | #354 | — |
| 1930 | 361 | — | #349 | — |
| 1929 | 341 | — | #356 | — |
| 1928 | 317 | — | #379 | — |
| 1927 | 283 | — | #407 | — |
| 1926 | 262 | — | #426 | — |
| 1925 | 284 | — | #407 | — |
| 1924 | 236 | — | #453 | — |
| 1923 | 217 | — | #467 | — |
| 1922 | 228 | — | #454 | — |
| 1921 | 200 | — | #492 | — |
| 1920 | 183 | — | #519 | — |
| 1919 | 145 | — | #576 | — |
| 1918 | 178 | — | #516 | — |
| 1917 | 112 | — | #641 | — |
| 1916 | 108 | — | #654 | — |
| 1915 | 77 | — | #753 | — |
| 1914 | 79 | — | #652 | — |
| 1913 | 49 | — | #749 | — |
| 1912 | 27 | — | #980 | — |
| 1911 | 30 | — | #791 | — |
| 1910 | 36 | — | #705 | — |
| 1909 | 25 | — | #814 | — |
| 1908 | 24 | — | #793 | — |
| 1907 | 19 | — | #873 | — |
| 1906 | 17 | — | #898 | — |
| 1905 | 17 | — | #904 | — |
| 1904 | 15 | — | #939 | — |
| 1903 | 11 | — | #1,079 | — |
| 1902 | 21 | — | #759 | — |
| 1901 | 16 | — | #832 | — |
| 1900 | 24 | — | #745 | — |
| 1899 | 14 | — | #882 | — |
| 1898 | 17 | — | #824 | — |
| 1897 | 10 | — | #1,043 | — |
| 1896 | 14 | — | #875 | — |
| 1895 | 17 | — | #774 | — |
| 1894 | 26 | — | #569 | — |
| 1893 | 17 | — | #718 | — |
| 1892 | 27 | — | #527 | — |
| 1891 | 18 | — | #626 | — |
| 1890 | 13 | — | #761 | — |
| 1889 | 15 | — | #661 | — |
| 1888 | 22 | — | #534 | — |
| 1887 | 19 | — | #513 | — |
| 1886 | 20 | — | #494 | — |
| 1885 | 13 | — | #612 | — |
| 1884 | 19 | — | #464 | — |
| 1883 | 13 | — | #543 | — |
| 1882 | 18 | — | #435 | — |
| 1881 | 13 | — | #473 | — |
| 1880 | 14 | — | #451 | — |