How Many People Are Named Betty?
people named Betty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,040 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,004,857 babies named Betty in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
38,396 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 Betty in English. Counting Betty 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 Betty (99.7%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Betty alive today is about 76 years old, and 90% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 69 and 85 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Betty first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1930, to 38,396 babies. In 2025, 212 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Betty reached #2 among girls' names in 1928 to 1934, and was in the top 10 for 24 years, 1921 to 1944. In 2025 it ranked #1,113.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,113 |
| Best rank | #2 (1928 to 1934) |
| Years in the top 10 | 24 |
| Years in the top 100 | 61 (1900 to 1962) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2 in the 1930s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Betty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Betty were born in Texas than in any other state: about 21,901 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Betty was given 1.6 times as often in West Virginia, 1.5 times in Oklahoma and 1.5 times in Tennessee.
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