Bettie
Bettie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 12 births. Its best rank was 131st, in 1882.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 120.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19241,228 births
- Best rank
- #131in 1882
- Since 1880
- 38,385people given the name
The story in the numbers
38,385 girls have been named Bettie in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 1,228 births.
The name has all but left use: 12 births in 2024, against 1,228 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1931, and the 1920s alone account for 27%. It has spent 83 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bettie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 1,298 | |
| 1890s | 1,357 | |
| 1900s | 1,363 | |
| 1910s | 3,245 | |
| 1920s | 10,335 | |
| 1930s | 8,936 | |
| 1940s | 6,877 | |
| 1950s | 3,176 | |
| 1960s | 969 | |
| 1970s | 322 | |
| 1980s | 175 | |
| 1990s | 82 | |
| 2000s | 88 | |
| 2010s | 107 | |
| 2020s | 55 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Bettie was the 183rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Bettie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Louettapeak 1933
- Marthapeak 1947
- Georgiannapeak 1942
- Harrietpeak 1921
- Marypeak 1921
- Louellapeak 1932
- Margretpeak 1921
- Luettapeak 1928
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.