Betsey
#3,884 most common girls' name of all time · #6,633 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1884–2022
Rank among girls
#3,884
Rank overall
#6,633 of 105,966
First appeared
1884
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
2,481
Since 2016
15
Peak year
1942 #993
Best rank
#755 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 62/yr
Betsey first appears in 1884. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,369 |
| 2017 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,965 |
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,277 |
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,589 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,925 |
| 2011 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,746 |
| 2010 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,047 |
| 2009 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,489 |
| 2008 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,566 |
| 2007 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,701 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,645 |
| 2004 | 6 | — | 6 | #14,221 |
| 2001 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,565 |
| 1993 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,593 |
| 1992 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,523 |
| 1991 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,023 |
| 1990 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,342 |
| 1989 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,482 |
| 1988 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,428 |
| 1987 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,349 |
| 1986 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,203 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,660 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,017 |
| 1983 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,704 |
| 1982 | 22 | — | 22 | #3,666 |
| 1981 | 28 | — | 28 | #3,077 |
| 1980 | 25 | — | 25 | #3,325 |
| 1979 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,730 |
| 1978 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,744 |
| 1977 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,676 |
| 1976 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,261 |
| 1975 | 23 | — | 23 | #3,063 |
| 1974 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,881 |
| 1973 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,929 |
| 1972 | 37 | — | 37 | #2,104 |
| 1971 | 27 | — | 27 | #2,672 |
| 1970 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,954 |
| 1969 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,213 |
| 1968 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,631 |
| 1967 | 20 | — | 20 | #2,799 |
| 1966 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,681 |
| 1965 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,550 |
| 1964 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,012 |
| 1963 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,717 |
| 1962 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,865 |
| 1961 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,874 |
| 1960 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,866 |
| 1959 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,678 |
| 1958 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,634 |
| 1957 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,741 |
| 1956 | 39 | — | 39 | #1,700 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,032 |
| 1954 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,748 |
| 1953 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,512 |
| 1952 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,621 |
| 1951 | 50 | — | 50 | #1,317 |
| 1950 | 38 | — | 38 | #1,502 |
| 1949 | 48 | — | 48 | #1,324 |
| 1948 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,361 |
| 1947 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,176 |
| 1946 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,297 |
| 1945 | 58 | — | 58 | #1,018 |
| 1944 | 37 | — | 37 | #1,319 |
| 1943 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,083 |
| 1942 | 62 | — | 62 | #993 |
| 1941 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,138 |
| 1940 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,119 |
| 1939 | 35 | — | 35 | #1,245 |
| 1938 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,063 |
| 1937 | 34 | — | 34 | #1,238 |
| 1936 | 43 | — | 43 | #1,074 |
| 1935 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,565 |
| 1934 | 24 | — | 24 | #1,531 |
| 1933 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,299 |
| 1932 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,397 |
| 1931 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,606 |
| 1930 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,134 |
| 1929 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,666 |
| 1928 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,512 |
| 1927 | 18 | — | 18 | #2,108 |
| 1926 | 23 | — | 23 | #1,789 |
| 1925 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,714 |
| 1924 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,331 |
| 1923 | 25 | — | 25 | #1,692 |
| 1922 | 27 | — | 27 | #1,623 |
| 1921 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,552 |
| 1920 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,293 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,942 |
| 1918 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,135 |
| 1917 | 19 | — | 19 | #1,869 |
| 1916 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,976 |
| 1915 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,414 |
| 1914 | 15 | — | 15 | #1,762 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,196 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,272 |
| 1908 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,168 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,869 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,538 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,777 |
| 1896 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,175 |
| 1894 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,189 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,507 |
| 1890 | 10 | — | 10 | #927 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | 13 | #755 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | 10 | #886 |
| 1885 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,146 |
| 1884 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,122 |