How Many People Are Named Bettie?
people named Bettie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 32,473 people in the US has this name
Based on 38,478 babies named Bettie in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,233 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.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Bettie in English. Counting Bettie and these spellings together, about 347,840 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Bettie (99.9%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bettie alive today is about 75 years old, and 90% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 70 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bettie first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1924, to 1,233 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bettie has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #131, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #9,546.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,546 |
| Best rank | #131 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #195 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bettie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bettie were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 1,277 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bettie was given 4.3 times as often in Mississippi, 3.5 times in North Carolina and 2.5 times in Alabama.
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