Bettylou

Girl · recorded 1916–2015

  • 2015last recorded
  • 1927best year

Most popular in 1927.

Last recorded in 2015. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

0346819161941196619902015

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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 51 recorded years as a table
Bettylou, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19166
19176
191813
19199
192014
192119
192226
192329
192459
192538
192654
192768
192853
192936
193052
193140
193248
193342
193446
193532
193628
193734
193848
193934
194031
194136
194230
194327
194420
194524
194620
194719
19487
19497
195013
19514
19525
19535
19544
19553
19578
19582
19595
19604
19614
19625
19633
19643
19653
19674
20153

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Bettylou 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 2015
6
Rank in 2015
#14,482
How rare
1 in 297,516 girls
Since 1916
1,390

Bettylou was last recorded in 2015. 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 1927, at 68 per million girls born.

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

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