Meaning
We don’t have a verified meaning for Betty.
We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.
Its story
Popularity since 1904
Hover over or drag across the chart to see any year.
See the 75 recorded years as a table
| Year | Per million |
|---|---|
| 1904 | 62 |
| 1905 | 38 |
| 1907 | 34 |
| 1908 | 45 |
| 1909 | 30 |
| 1910 | 26 |
| 1913 | 12 |
| 1914 | 15 |
| 1915 | 13 |
| 1916 | 9 |
| 1917 | 10 |
| 1918 | 21 |
| 1919 | 19 |
| 1920 | 23 |
| 1921 | 34 |
| 1922 | 32 |
| 1923 | 51 |
| 1924 | 60 |
| 1925 | 75 |
| 1926 | 82 |
| 1927 | 93 |
| 1928 | 107 |
| 1929 | 124 |
| 1930 | 142 |
| 1931 | 145 |
| 1932 | 162 |
| 1933 | 157 |
| 1934 | 165 |
| 1935 | 145 |
| 1936 | 112 |
| 1937 | 114 |
| 1938 | 99 |
| 1939 | 117 |
| 1940 | 99 |
| 1941 | 99 |
| 1942 | 80 |
| 1943 | 62 |
| 1944 | 54 |
| 1945 | 46 |
| 1946 | 29 |
| 1947 | 25 |
| 1948 | 25 |
| 1949 | 20 |
| 1950 | 17 |
| 1951 | 21 |
| 1952 | 21 |
| 1953 | 13 |
| 1954 | 18 |
| 1955 | 10 |
| 1956 | 16 |
| 1957 | 14 |
| 1958 | 15 |
| 1959 | 10 |
| 1960 | 14 |
| 1961 | 7 |
| 1962 | 7 |
| 1963 | 7 |
| 1964 | 8 |
| 1965 | 10 |
| 1966 | 11 |
| 1967 | 7 |
| 1968 | 11 |
| 1969 | 8 |
| 1970 | 4 |
| 1971 | 6 |
| 1973 | 10 |
| 1974 | 6 |
| 1975 | 5 |
| 1976 | 4 |
| 1977 | 3 |
| 1981 | 4 |
| 1983 | 3 |
| 1985 | 3 |
| 1987 | 3 |
| 1988 | 3 |
Where it’s loved
Most popular in these states
Betty isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.
More like it
More like Betty
The numbers
Every figure
- Births in 1988
- 6
- Rank in 1988
- #6,426
- How rare
- 1 in 319,047 boys
- Since 1904
- 3,619
Betty was last recorded in 1988. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.
Most popular in 1934, at 165 per million boys born.
There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Betty doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.
Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.