Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Betsy

#600 most common girls' name of all time · #1,116 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#600
Rank overall
#1,116 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
48,957
Since 2016
844
Peak year
1959 #228
Best rank
#228 1959
Girls Boys peak 1,390/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Betsy is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 63 — 63 #2,720
2024 75 — 75 #2,415
2023 77 — 77 #2,353
2022 85 — 85 #2,209
2021 67 — 67 #2,587
2020 89 — 89 #2,065
2019 92 — 92 #2,056
2018 94 — 94 #2,059
2017 96 — 96 #2,037
2016 106 — 106 #1,898
2015 125 — 125 #1,695
2014 134 — 134 #1,603
2013 134 — 134 #1,599
2012 139 — 139 #1,569
2011 130 — 130 #1,646
2010 154 — 154 #1,468
2009 160 — 160 #1,451
2008 219 — 219 #1,167
2007 247 — 247 #1,059
2006 370 — 370 #747
2005 119 — 119 #1,669
2004 153 — 153 #1,369
2003 133 — 133 #1,467
2002 123 — 123 #1,535
2001 124 — 124 #1,507
2000 157 — 157 #1,246
1999 153 — 153 #1,231
1998 173 — 173 #1,112
1997 171 — 171 #1,097
1996 158 — 158 #1,149
1995 170 — 170 #1,056
1994 186 — 186 #996
1993 233 — 233 #842
1992 237 — 237 #839
1991 252 — 252 #811
1990 281 — 281 #739
1989 302 — 302 #675
1988 339 — 339 #593
1987 404 — 404 #515
1986 354 — 354 #563
1985 399 — 399 #507
1984 455 — 455 #458
1983 401 — 401 #490
1982 421 — 421 #487
1981 448 — 448 #473
1980 536 — 536 #413
1979 530 — 530 #408
1978 472 — 472 #428
1977 470 — 470 #434
1976 613 — 613 #351
1975 512 — 512 #399
1974 489 — 489 #409
1973 549 — 549 #379
1972 634 — 634 #350
1971 700 — 700 #354
1970 492 — 492 #446
1969 414 — 414 #475
1968 479 — 479 #434
1967 535 — 535 #393
1966 698 — 698 #335
1965 932 — 932 #287
1964 1,026 — 1,026 #284
1963 1,078 — 1,078 #277
1962 1,012 — 1,012 #287
1961 1,132 5 1,137 #270
1960 1,252 — 1,252 #247
1959 1,390 — 1,390 #228
1958 1,288 — 1,288 #237
1957 1,097 — 1,097 #261
1956 1,066 — 1,066 #259
1955 984 — 984 #275
1954 1,003 — 1,003 #262
1953 986 — 986 #259
1952 976 — 976 #251
1951 881 — 881 #262
1950 890 — 890 #255
1949 769 — 769 #277
1948 719 — 719 #286
1947 847 — 847 #261
1946 696 — 696 #277
1945 651 — 651 #266
1944 670 — 670 #267
1943 665 — 665 #270
1942 706 5 711 #260
1941 650 — 650 #253
1940 607 — 607 #255
1939 513 — 513 #272
1938 480 — 480 #286
1937 450 — 450 #294
1936 384 — 384 #307
1935 384 — 384 #322
1934 357 — 357 #332
1933 323 — 323 #349
1932 350 — 350 #338
1931 327 — 327 #355
1930 361 — 361 #349
1929 341 — 341 #356
1928 317 — 317 #379
1927 283 — 283 #408
1926 262 — 262 #426
1925 284 — 284 #408
1924 236 — 236 #453
1923 217 — 217 #466
1922 228 — 228 #454
1921 200 — 200 #492
1920 183 — 183 #519
1919 145 — 145 #578
1918 178 — 178 #517
1917 112 — 112 #643
1916 108 — 108 #655
1915 77 — 77 #752
1914 79 — 79 #652
1913 49 — 49 #752
1912 27 — 27 #981
1911 30 — 30 #792
1910 36 — 36 #707
1909 25 — 25 #814
1908 24 — 24 #793
1907 19 — 19 #875
1906 17 — 17 #895
1905 17 — 17 #902
1904 15 — 15 #939
1903 11 — 11 #1,078
1902 21 — 21 #758
1901 16 — 16 #830
1900 24 — 24 #744
1899 14 — 14 #879
1898 17 — 17 #821
1897 10 — 10 #1,037
1896 14 — 14 #872
1895 17 — 17 #771
1894 26 — 26 #569
1893 17 — 17 #714
1892 27 — 27 #530
1891 18 — 18 #626
1890 13 — 13 #760
1889 15 — 15 #659
1888 22 — 22 #539
1887 19 — 19 #514
1886 20 — 20 #498
1885 13 — 13 #609
1884 19 — 19 #468
1883 13 — 13 #540
1882 18 — 18 #441
1881 13 — 13 #478
1880 14 — 14 #451