Bettye is an established girls' name that was most common in the 1930s and has all but disappeared.
Bettye is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1998. Bettye was first reported in SSA data in 1883 and peaked in 1933 (763 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #14,435 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #14,014 | — |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #13,789 | — |
| 1992 | 9 | — | #8,819 | — |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #11,670 | — |
| 1990 | 8 | — | #9,344 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | — | #12,599 | — |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #11,492 | — |
| 1986 | 8 | — | #7,825 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | — | #8,430 | — |
| 1984 | 9 | — | #6,862 | — |
| 1983 | 12 | — | #5,491 | — |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #7,550 | — |
| 1981 | 7 | — | #8,206 | — |
| 1980 | 10 | — | #6,355 | — |
| 1979 | 5 | — | #10,366 | — |
| 1978 | 8 | — | #7,008 | — |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #5,928 | — |
| 1976 | 7 | — | #7,368 | — |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,206 | — |
| 1974 | 20 | — | #3,325 | — |
| 1973 | 13 | — | #4,380 | — |
| 1972 | 16 | — | #3,734 | — |
| 1971 | 23 | — | #2,962 | — |
| 1970 | 25 | — | #2,784 | — |
| 1969 | 25 | — | #2,652 | — |
| 1968 | 15 | — | #3,467 | — |
| 1967 | 21 | — | #2,709 | — |
| 1966 | 45 | — | #1,670 | — |
| 1965 | 54 | — | #1,518 | — |
| 1964 | 55 | — | #1,533 | — |
| 1963 | 60 | — | #1,435 | — |
| 1962 | 74 | — | #1,284 | — |
| 1961 | 77 | — | #1,260 | — |
| 1960 | 101 | — | #1,070 | — |
| 1959 | 128 | — | #922 | — |
| 1958 | 123 | — | #932 | — |
| 1957 | 147 | — | #838 | — |
| 1956 | 197 | — | #682 | — |
| 1955 | 255 | — | #572 | — |
| 1954 | 275 | — | #535 | — |
| 1953 | 333 | — | #468 | — |
| 1952 | 407 | — | #423 | — |
| 1951 | 458 | — | #383 | — |
| 1950 | 480 | — | #360 | — |
| 1949 | 610 | — | #314 | — |
| 1948 | 635 | — | #304 | — |
| 1947 | 738 | — | #285 | — |
| 1946 | 696 | — | #278 | — |
| 1945 | 669 | — | #261 | — |
| 1944 | 712 | — | #256 | — |
| 1943 | 744 | — | #257 | — |
| 1942 | 747 | — | #252 | #3,617 |
| 1941 | 734 | — | #236 | #3,553 |
| 1940 | 712 | — | #240 | #2,686 |
| 1939 | 664 | — | #243 | #3,529 |
| 1938 | 727 | — | #230 | — |
| 1937 | 638 | — | #249 | — |
| 1936 | 644 | — | #246 | #3,182 |
| 1935 | 705 | — | #239 | #3,698 |
| 1934 | 740 | — | #232 | — |
| 1933 | 763 | — | #220 | — |
| 1932 | 701 | — | #230 | #3,116 |
| 1931 | 741 | — | #224 | — |
| 1930 | 757 | — | #224 | #3,629 |
| 1929 | 700 | — | #226 | — |
| 1928 | 663 | — | #241 | — |
| 1927 | 676 | — | #252 | — |
| 1926 | 603 | — | #274 | — |
| 1925 | 540 | — | #290 | — |
| 1924 | 439 | — | #319 | — |
| 1923 | 389 | — | #331 | — |
| 1922 | 241 | — | #427 | — |
| 1921 | 224 | — | #460 | — |
| 1920 | 154 | — | #578 | — |
| 1919 | 105 | — | #681 | — |
| 1918 | 110 | — | #685 | — |
| 1917 | 81 | — | #766 | — |
| 1916 | 63 | — | #857 | — |
| 1915 | 46 | — | #979 | — |
| 1914 | 38 | — | #958 | — |
| 1913 | 39 | — | #841 | — |
| 1912 | 21 | — | #1,148 | — |
| 1911 | 16 | — | #1,122 | — |
| 1910 | 31 | — | #771 | — |
| 1909 | 17 | — | #993 | — |
| 1908 | 11 | — | #1,270 | — |
| 1907 | 14 | — | #1,040 | — |
| 1906 | 6 | — | #1,755 | — |
| 1905 | 12 | — | #1,098 | — |
| 1904 | 7 | — | #1,506 | — |
| 1903 | 9 | — | #1,216 | — |
| 1902 | 8 | — | #1,335 | — |
| 1900 | 9 | — | #1,332 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,631 | — |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,525 | — |
| 1895 | 7 | — | #1,316 | — |
| 1894 | 6 | — | #1,372 | — |
| 1893 | 7 | — | #1,188 | — |
| 1892 | 6 | — | #1,296 | — |
| 1886 | 5 | — | #1,125 | — |
| 1883 | 5 | — | #939 | — |