Betty

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,113in 2025
  • 1 in 7,581girls in 2025
  • +23%last ten years
  • 3.0×in Missouri

Most popular in 1930, and up 23% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

016,98233,96318801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Betty, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,286
18811,218
18821,141
18831,068
18841,116
18851,165
18861,155
18871,219
18881,198
18891,060
18901,135
18911,289
18921,201
18931,400
18941,337
18951,498
18961,437
18971,567
18981,627
18991,759
19002,218
19011,976
19022,196
19032,275
19042,568
19052,767
19062,929
19073,196
19083,374
19093,116
19103,503
19113,481
19123,603
19133,587
19143,851
19154,250
19164,918
19176,140
19187,604
19198,942
192011,697
192114,304
192217,398
192321,543
192424,502
192526,953
192627,808
192729,707
192831,286
192932,846
193033,963
193133,910
193232,254
193331,283
193429,772
193527,346
193624,864
193723,812
193823,115
193921,556
194019,306
194117,304
194216,035
194315,478
194414,889
194514,067
194612,544
194710,699
19489,791
19498,730
19507,948
19517,120
19526,541
19536,043
19545,469
19555,075
19564,591
19574,147
19583,835
19593,614
19603,215
19612,766
19622,422
19632,156
19642,148
19652,020
19661,741
19671,540
19681,300
19691,266
19701,125
19711,060
1972897
1973907
1974771
1975700
1976620
1977527
1978466
1979442
1980396
1981397
1982375
1983338
1984299
1985292
1986238
1987251
1988222
1989216
1990214
1991185
1992161
1993161
1994155
1995134
1996124
1997109
1998111
1999103
200097
200186
200272
200381
200476
200573
200673
200770
200875
200982
201077
201195
201280
2013101
2014110
2015108
2016101
2017103
2018127
201997
2020122
2021125
2022128
2023126
2024156
2025132

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Missouri 3.0×
  2. Michigan 1.7×
  3. Ohio 1.7×
  4. Pennsylvania 1.3×
  5. New York 0.8×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
212
Rank in 2025
#1,113
How rare
1 in 7,581 girls
Since 1880
1,001,238

Most popular in 1930, at 33,963 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 23% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Missouri3.0×30
Michigan1.7×25
Ohio1.7×33
Pennsylvania1.3×26
New York0.8×27

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.