How Many People Are Named Betsy?
people named Betsy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 9,589 people in the US has this name
Based on 48,957 babies named Betsy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,390 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ELIZABETH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Betsy in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Betsy alive today is about 56 years old, and 54% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 45 and 70 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Betsy first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 1,390 babies. In 2025, 63 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Betsy has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #228, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #2,724.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,724 |
| Best rank | #228 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #257 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Betsy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Betsy were born in New York than in any other state: about 3,356 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Betsy was given 2.4 times as often in North Carolina, 2 times in Connecticut and 1.7 times in Hawaii.
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