Bettye
#961 most common girls' name of all time · #1,731 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1883–1998
Rank among girls
#961
Rank overall
#1,731 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
102 of 146
All-time
22,967
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1933 #220
Best rank
#220 1933
Girls
Boys
peak 763/yr
Bettye first appears in 1883. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,181 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,774 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,577 |
| 1992 | 9 | — | 9 | #8,765 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,561 |
| 1990 | 8 | — | 8 | #9,278 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,425 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,397 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,792 |
| 1985 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,373 |
| 1984 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,852 |
| 1983 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,487 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,503 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,181 |
| 1980 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,357 |
| 1979 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | 8 | #6,990 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,915 |
| 1976 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,346 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,137 |
| 1974 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,325 |
| 1973 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,378 |
| 1972 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,738 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | 23 | #2,967 |
| 1970 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,788 |
| 1969 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,654 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,473 |
| 1967 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,719 |
| 1966 | 45 | — | 45 | #1,678 |
| 1965 | 54 | — | 54 | #1,520 |
| 1964 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,534 |
| 1963 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,436 |
| 1962 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,286 |
| 1961 | 77 | — | 77 | #1,261 |
| 1960 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,071 |
| 1959 | 128 | — | 128 | #923 |
| 1958 | 123 | — | 123 | #931 |
| 1957 | 147 | — | 147 | #839 |
| 1956 | 197 | — | 197 | #682 |
| 1955 | 255 | — | 255 | #572 |
| 1954 | 275 | — | 275 | #535 |
| 1953 | 333 | — | 333 | #468 |
| 1952 | 407 | — | 407 | #425 |
| 1951 | 458 | — | 458 | #383 |
| 1950 | 480 | — | 480 | #361 |
| 1949 | 610 | — | 610 | #314 |
| 1948 | 635 | — | 635 | #304 |
| 1947 | 738 | — | 738 | #285 |
| 1946 | 696 | — | 696 | #278 |
| 1945 | 669 | — | 669 | #261 |
| 1944 | 712 | — | 712 | #256 |
| 1943 | 744 | — | 744 | #257 |
| 1942 | 742 | 5 | 747 | #253 |
| 1941 | 729 | 5 | 734 | #236 |
| 1940 | 704 | 8 | 712 | #240 |
| 1939 | 659 | 5 | 664 | #243 |
| 1938 | 727 | — | 727 | #230 |
| 1937 | 638 | — | 638 | #249 |
| 1936 | 638 | 6 | 644 | #246 |
| 1935 | 700 | 5 | 705 | #239 |
| 1934 | 740 | — | 740 | #232 |
| 1933 | 763 | — | 763 | #220 |
| 1932 | 694 | 7 | 701 | #230 |
| 1931 | 741 | — | 741 | #224 |
| 1930 | 751 | 6 | 757 | #224 |
| 1929 | 700 | — | 700 | #226 |
| 1928 | 663 | — | 663 | #241 |
| 1927 | 676 | — | 676 | #252 |
| 1926 | 603 | — | 603 | #274 |
| 1925 | 540 | — | 540 | #290 |
| 1924 | 439 | — | 439 | #319 |
| 1923 | 389 | — | 389 | #331 |
| 1922 | 241 | — | 241 | #428 |
| 1921 | 224 | — | 224 | #461 |
| 1920 | 154 | — | 154 | #578 |
| 1919 | 105 | — | 105 | #682 |
| 1918 | 110 | — | 110 | #686 |
| 1917 | 81 | — | 81 | #770 |
| 1916 | 63 | — | 63 | #863 |
| 1915 | 46 | — | 46 | #985 |
| 1914 | 38 | — | 38 | #967 |
| 1913 | 39 | — | 39 | #846 |
| 1912 | 21 | — | 21 | #1,156 |
| 1911 | 16 | — | 16 | #1,137 |
| 1910 | 31 | — | 31 | #775 |
| 1909 | 17 | — | 17 | #1,004 |
| 1908 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,305 |
| 1907 | 14 | — | 14 | #1,069 |
| 1906 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,793 |
| 1905 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,123 |
| 1904 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,543 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,261 |
| 1902 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,362 |
| 1900 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,356 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,660 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,563 |
| 1895 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,349 |
| 1894 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,405 |
| 1893 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,221 |
| 1892 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,353 |
| 1886 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1883 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,012 |