Bettye

Girl · recorded 1883–1998

  • 1998last recorded
  • 1933best year

Most popular in 1933.

Last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Bettye.

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

037975718831912194119691998

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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 102 recorded years as a table
Bettye, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188345
188635
189228
189333
189427
189530
189823
189921
190030
190230
190334
190425
190541
190620
190744
190833
190949
191078
191138
191238
191362
191450
191547
191660
191775
191895
191993
1920129
1921182
1922201
1923322
1924352
1925444
1926509
1927567
1928575
1929627
1930667
1931696
1932650
1933757
1934709
1935668
1936613
1937600
1938659
1939601
1940616
1941603
1942549
1943533
1944536
1945512
1946443
1947416
1948374
1949357
1950280
1951254
1952219
1953177
1954142
1955130
195698
195772
195861
195963
196050
196138
196238
196331
196429
196531
196627
196713
19689
196915
197014
197114
197211
19739
197414
19753
19765
19777
19785
19793
19806
19814
19825
19837
19845
19854
19865
19873
19893
19904
19913
19925
19963
19973
19983

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bettye 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1998
5
Rank in 1998
#14,122
How rare
1 in 353,389 girls
Since 1883
22,920

Bettye was last recorded in 1998. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1933, at 757 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Bettye doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

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