How Many People Are Named Betsey?
people named Betsey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 229,231 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,481 babies named Betsey in Social Security records from 1884 to 2022, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
62 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Betsey in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Betsey alive today is about 61 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 76 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Betsey first appears in the records in 1884 and was given most often in 1942, to 62 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2022.
Babies given the name each year, 1884 to 2022
🏆 Rank History
Betsey has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #725, in 1889.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #725 (1889) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,187 in the 1940s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Betsey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Betsey were born in New York than in any other state: about 128 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Betsey was given 14.5 times as often in Massachusetts and 4.9 times in New York.
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