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.

Bettylou

#5,672 most common girls' name of all time · #9,614 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1916–2015

Rank among girls
#5,672
Rank overall
#9,614 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
1,390
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #816
Best rank
#816 1927
Girls Boys peak 81/yr
19201940196019802000

Bettylou first appears in 1916. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2015 6 — 6 #14,641
1967 6 — 6 #6,239
1965 5 — 5 #6,780
1964 5 — 5 #7,033
1963 6 — 6 #6,112
1962 10 — 10 #4,368
1961 9 — 9 #4,674
1960 8 — 8 #4,937
1959 10 — 10 #4,141
1958 5 — 5 #6,404
1957 16 — 16 #2,974
1955 5 — 5 #6,161
1954 7 — 7 #4,858
1953 9 — 9 #4,089
1952 10 — 10 #3,682
1951 8 — 8 #4,186
1950 22 — 22 #2,094
1949 12 — 12 #3,102
1948 12 — 12 #3,071
1947 33 — 33 #1,687
1946 31 — 31 #1,612
1945 31 — 31 #1,472
1944 27 — 27 #1,604
1943 38 — 38 #1,338
1942 40 — 40 #1,275
1941 43 — 43 #1,145
1940 35 — 35 #1,263
1939 37 — 37 #1,218
1938 53 — 53 #983
1937 36 — 36 #1,217
1936 29 — 29 #1,370
1935 34 — 34 #1,240
1934 48 — 48 #1,004
1933 42 — 42 #1,083
1932 51 — 51 #997
1931 43 — 43 #1,090
1930 58 — 58 #970
1929 40 — 40 #1,194
1928 61 — 61 #961
1927 81 — 81 #816
1926 64 — 64 #941
1925 46 — 46 #1,148
1924 74 — 74 #879
1923 35 — 35 #1,348
1922 31 — 31 #1,507
1921 24 — 24 #1,820
1920 17 — 17 #2,261
1919 10 — 10 #3,205
1918 15 — 15 #2,374
1917 6 — 6 #4,460
1916 6 — 6 #4,303