Betty was a hugely popular girls' name that peaked at #2 in 1928 but is far less common today.
Betty is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,113 for girl births in the United States (and #2,129 across all names), given to 212 babies. Betty was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1930 (38,240 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 212 | 212 | #1,113 | — |
| 2024 | 253 | 253 | #1,012 | — |
| 2023 | 202 | 202 | #1,187 | — |
| 2022 | 210 | 210 | #1,157 | — |
| 2021 | 205 | 205 | #1,189 | — |
| 2020 | 198 | 198 | #1,175 | — |
| 2019 | 163 | 163 | #1,379 | — |
| 2018 | 216 | 216 | #1,131 | — |
| 2017 | 177 | 177 | #1,319 | — |
| 2016 | 179 | 179 | #1,328 | — |
| 2015 | 192 | 192 | #1,268 | — |
| 2014 | 196 | 196 | #1,240 | — |
| 2013 | 177 | 177 | #1,322 | — |
| 2012 | 141 | 141 | #1,553 | — |
| 2011 | 167 | 167 | #1,375 | — |
| 2010 | 136 | 136 | #1,597 | — |
| 2009 | 150 | 150 | #1,517 | — |
| 2008 | 141 | 141 | #1,606 | — |
| 2007 | 135 | 135 | #1,646 | — |
| 2006 | 138 | 138 | #1,567 | — |
| 2005 | 135 | 135 | #1,526 | — |
| 2004 | 140 | 140 | #1,453 | — |
| 2003 | 148 | 148 | #1,365 | — |
| 2002 | 129 | 129 | #1,480 | — |
| 2001 | 154 | 154 | #1,277 | — |
| 2000 | 176 | 176 | #1,150 | — |
| 1999 | 183 | 183 | #1,089 | — |
| 1998 | 197 | 197 | #1,011 | — |
| 1997 | 189 | — | #1,020 | — |
| 1996 | 217 | — | #904 | — |
| 1995 | 236 | — | #830 | — |
| 1994 | 276 | — | #754 | — |
| 1993 | 292 | — | #728 | — |
| 1992 | 296 | — | #722 | — |
| 1991 | 346 | — | #642 | — |
| 1990 | 406 | — | #572 | — |
| 1989 | 399 | — | #561 | — |
| 1988 | 401 | — | #552 | #6,514 |
| 1987 | 441 | — | #497 | #7,067 |
| 1986 | 408 | — | #510 | — |
| 1985 | 507 | — | #437 | #6,627 |
| 1984 | 504 | — | #423 | — |
| 1983 | 570 | — | #390 | #5,553 |
| 1982 | 635 | — | #364 | — |
| 1981 | 669 | — | #354 | #5,007 |
| 1980 | 658 | — | #359 | — |
| 1979 | 710 | — | #331 | — |
| 1978 | 714 | — | #321 | — |
| 1977 | 813 | — | #293 | #5,936 |
| 1976 | 914 | — | #262 | #4,991 |
| 1975 | 1,029 | — | #237 | #3,983 |
| 1974 | 1,141 | — | #228 | #3,343 |
| 1973 | 1,337 | — | #196 | #2,518 |
| 1972 | 1,364 | — | #204 | — |
| 1971 | 1,774 | — | #175 | #3,170 |
| 1970 | 1,974 | — | #169 | #3,551 |
| 1969 | 2,149 | — | #154 | #2,319 |
| 1968 | 2,152 | — | #153 | #1,843 |
| 1967 | 2,556 | — | #137 | #2,250 |
| 1966 | 2,966 | — | #121 | #1,728 |
| 1965 | 3,584 | — | #103 | #1,862 |
| 1964 | 4,085 | — | #102 | #2,126 |
| 1963 | 4,170 | — | #104 | #2,212 |
| 1962 | 4,778 | — | #97 | #2,124 |
| 1961 | 5,599 | — | #87 | #2,157 |
| 1960 | 6,530 | — | #68 | #1,489 |
| 1959 | 7,335 | — | #59 | #1,723 |
| 1958 | 7,746 | — | #54 | #1,399 |
| 1957 | 8,510 | — | #50 | #1,412 |
| 1956 | 9,252 | — | #44 | #1,318 |
| 1955 | 9,945 | — | #36 | #1,686 |
| 1954 | 10,656 | — | #36 | #1,243 |
| 1953 | 11,394 | — | #33 | #1,514 |
| 1952 | 12,170 | — | #32 | #1,152 |
| 1951 | 12,861 | — | #29 | #1,153 |
| 1950 | 13,646 | — | #26 | #1,293 |
| 1949 | 14,971 | — | #22 | #1,208 |
| 1948 | 16,668 | — | #18 | #1,081 |
| 1947 | 19,011 | — | #17 | #1,081 |
| 1946 | 19,758 | — | #14 | #982 |
| 1945 | 18,449 | — | #11 | #784 |
| 1944 | 19,835 | — | #10 | #722 |
| 1943 | 21,685 | — | #10 | #677 |
| 1942 | 21,770 | — | #9 | #592 |
| 1941 | 21,026 | — | #7 | #537 |
| 1940 | 22,192 | — | #5 | #551 |
| 1939 | 23,769 | — | #4 | #498 |
| 1938 | 25,616 | — | #4 | #552 |
| 1937 | 25,459 | — | #5 | #524 |
| 1936 | 25,984 | — | #4 | #529 |
| 1935 | 28,825 | — | #4 | #461 |
| 1934 | 31,259 | — | #2 | #430 |
| 1933 | 31,687 | — | #2 | #443 |
| 1932 | 34,589 | — | #2 | #429 |
| 1931 | 36,256 | — | #2 | #460 |
| 1930 | 38,396 | — | #2 | #476 |
| 1929 | 36,808 | — | #2 | #510 |
| 1928 | 36,202 | — | #2 | #560 |
| 1927 | 35,529 | — | #3 | #607 |
| 1926 | 33,055 | — | #3 | #660 |
| 1925 | 32,896 | — | #3 | #703 |
| 1924 | 30,668 | — | #4 | #818 |
| 1923 | 26,045 | — | #5 | #915 |
| 1922 | 20,930 | — | #6 | #1,224 |
| 1921 | 17,675 | — | #8 | #1,180 |
| 1920 | 14,041 | — | #11 | #1,510 |
| 1919 | 10,125 | — | #15 | #1,758 |
| 1918 | 8,824 | — | #21 | #1,659 |
| 1917 | 6,648 | — | #34 | #2,753 |
| 1916 | 5,144 | — | #44 | #2,951 |
| 1915 | 4,192 | — | #53 | #2,320 |
| 1914 | 2,943 | — | #62 | #2,119 |
| 1913 | 2,246 | — | #67 | #2,534 |
| 1912 | 2,011 | — | #66 | — |
| 1911 | 1,456 | — | #69 | — |
| 1910 | 1,394 | — | #69 | #1,614 |
| 1909 | 1,087 | — | #77 | #1,473 |
| 1908 | 1,135 | — | #72 | #1,128 |
| 1907 | 1,023 | — | #77 | #1,364 |
| 1906 | 865 | — | #81 | — |
| 1905 | 812 | — | #85 | #1,253 |
| 1904 | 715 | — | #91 | #890 |
| 1903 | 596 | — | #98 | — |
| 1902 | 580 | — | #101 | — |
| 1901 | 473 | — | #112 | — |
| 1900 | 665 | — | #100 | — |
| 1899 | 410 | — | #119 | — |
| 1898 | 421 | — | #126 | — |
| 1897 | 367 | — | #132 | — |
| 1896 | 342 | — | #139 | — |
| 1895 | 350 | — | #131 | — |
| 1894 | 298 | — | #145 | — |
| 1893 | 298 | — | #139 | — |
| 1892 | 255 | — | #155 | — |
| 1891 | 239 | — | #147 | — |
| 1890 | 216 | — | #164 | — |
| 1889 | 189 | — | #159 | — |
| 1888 | 214 | — | #148 | — |
| 1887 | 178 | — | #144 | — |
| 1886 | 167 | — | #147 | — |
| 1885 | 155 | — | #145 | — |
| 1884 | 144 | — | #149 | — |
| 1883 | 120 | — | #150 | — |
| 1882 | 123 | — | #145 | — |
| 1881 | 112 | — | #140 | — |
| 1880 | 117 | — | #136 | — |