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.

Betty

#14 most common girls' name of all time · #42 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#14
Rank overall
#42 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,004,857
Since 2016
2,015
Peak year
1930 #2
Best rank
#2 1928
Girls Boys peak 38,396/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Betty 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 212 — 212 #1,114
2024 253 — 253 #1,012
2023 202 — 202 #1,186
2022 210 — 210 #1,157
2021 205 — 205 #1,187
2020 198 — 198 #1,173
2019 163 — 163 #1,377
2018 216 — 216 #1,130
2017 177 — 177 #1,317
2016 179 — 179 #1,327
2015 192 — 192 #1,267
2014 196 — 196 #1,240
2013 177 — 177 #1,322
2012 141 — 141 #1,552
2011 167 — 167 #1,372
2010 136 — 136 #1,593
2009 150 — 150 #1,516
2008 141 — 141 #1,605
2007 135 — 135 #1,645
2006 138 — 138 #1,567
2005 135 — 135 #1,525
2004 140 — 140 #1,453
2003 148 — 148 #1,365
2002 129 — 129 #1,480
2001 154 — 154 #1,277
2000 176 — 176 #1,150
1999 183 — 183 #1,088
1998 197 — 197 #1,010
1997 189 — 189 #1,019
1996 217 — 217 #904
1995 236 — 236 #830
1994 276 — 276 #751
1993 292 — 292 #725
1992 296 — 296 #722
1991 346 — 346 #642
1990 406 — 406 #572
1989 399 — 399 #561
1988 395 6 401 #552
1987 436 5 441 #498
1986 408 — 408 #510
1985 502 5 507 #437
1984 504 — 504 #423
1983 564 6 570 #390
1982 635 — 635 #364
1981 662 7 669 #354
1980 658 — 658 #359
1979 710 — 710 #331
1978 714 — 714 #321
1977 808 5 813 #293
1976 908 6 914 #262
1975 1,021 8 1,029 #238
1974 1,131 10 1,141 #228
1973 1,322 15 1,337 #196
1972 1,364 — 1,364 #204
1971 1,764 10 1,774 #175
1970 1,966 8 1,974 #169
1969 2,135 14 2,149 #154
1968 2,133 19 2,152 #153
1967 2,543 13 2,556 #137
1966 2,946 20 2,966 #121
1965 3,566 18 3,584 #103
1964 4,070 15 4,085 #102
1963 4,156 14 4,170 #104
1962 4,763 15 4,778 #97
1961 5,584 15 5,599 #87
1960 6,501 29 6,530 #68
1959 7,313 22 7,335 #59
1958 7,715 31 7,746 #54
1957 8,479 31 8,510 #50
1956 9,218 34 9,252 #44
1955 9,924 21 9,945 #36
1954 10,620 36 10,656 #36
1953 11,369 25 11,394 #33
1952 12,129 41 12,170 #32
1951 12,822 39 12,861 #29
1950 13,615 31 13,646 #26
1949 14,936 35 14,971 #22
1948 16,625 43 16,668 #18
1947 18,966 45 19,011 #17
1946 19,711 47 19,758 #14
1945 18,387 62 18,449 #11
1944 19,761 74 19,835 #10
1943 21,596 89 21,685 #10
1942 21,659 111 21,770 #9
1941 20,905 121 21,026 #7
1940 22,077 115 22,192 #5
1939 23,639 130 23,769 #4
1938 25,506 110 25,616 #4
1937 25,337 122 25,459 #5
1936 25,868 116 25,984 #4
1935 28,674 151 28,825 #4
1934 31,089 170 31,259 #2
1933 31,531 156 31,687 #2
1932 34,420 169 34,589 #2
1931 36,105 151 36,256 #2
1930 38,240 156 38,396 #2
1929 36,675 133 36,808 #2
1928 36,083 119 36,202 #2
1927 35,424 105 35,529 #3
1926 32,964 91 33,055 #3
1925 32,812 84 32,896 #3
1924 30,600 68 30,668 #4
1923 25,989 56 26,045 #5
1922 20,895 35 20,930 #6
1921 17,638 37 17,675 #8
1920 14,016 25 14,041 #11
1919 10,106 19 10,125 #15
1918 8,803 21 8,824 #21
1917 6,639 9 6,648 #34
1916 5,136 8 5,144 #44
1915 4,181 11 4,192 #53
1914 2,933 10 2,943 #62
1913 2,240 6 2,246 #67
1912 2,011 — 2,011 #66
1911 1,456 — 1,456 #69
1910 1,389 5 1,394 #69
1909 1,082 5 1,087 #77
1908 1,128 7 1,135 #72
1907 1,018 5 1,023 #77
1906 865 — 865 #82
1905 807 5 812 #85
1904 707 8 715 #91
1903 596 — 596 #98
1902 580 — 580 #101
1901 473 — 473 #112
1900 665 — 665 #100
1899 410 — 410 #120
1898 421 — 421 #126
1897 367 — 367 #132
1896 342 — 342 #139
1895 350 — 350 #131
1894 298 — 298 #144
1893 298 — 298 #139
1892 255 — 255 #155
1891 239 — 239 #146
1890 216 — 216 #164
1889 189 — 189 #159
1888 214 — 214 #148
1887 178 — 178 #144
1886 167 — 167 #147
1885 155 — 155 #145
1884 144 — 144 #149
1883 120 — 120 #150
1882 123 — 123 #144
1881 112 — 112 #140
1880 117 — 117 #136