Betty

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Meaning

Betty or Bettie is a feminine given name. It is commonly a diminutive for the names Bethany and Elizabeth. In Latin America, it is also a common diminutive for the given name Beatriz, the Spanish and Portuguese form of the Latin name Beatrix and the English name Beatrice.

From Wikipedia

Betty first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1930 with 38,238 babies (rank #2 that year). In 2024 it was given to 253 girls (rank #1,008). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Betty

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Betty yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

9Destiny numberThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
3Soul urgeThe creativeExpressive, sociable, lifted by playful energy.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
6PersonalityThe carerNurturing, responsible, family at the centre.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

1,004,638

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

38,238

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

Also a character in

In Mad Men: Betty Draper — Don's first wife

Famous people named Betty

Betty Whitetelevision personality · b. 1922
Betty Fordwomen's rights activist · b. 1918
Betty Friedanwomen's rights activist · b. 1921
Betty Grablecoverperson · b. 1916
Betty Boop

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	117	#136
1881	112	#140
1882	123	#145
1883	120	#150
1884	144	#149
1885	155	#145
1886	167	#147
1887	178	#144
1888	214	#148
1889	189	#159
1890	216	#164
1891	239	#147
1892	255	#155
1893	298	#139
1894	298	#145
1895	350	#131
1896	342	#139
1897	367	#132
1898	421	#126
1899	410	#119
1900	665	#100
1901	473	#112
1902	580	#101
1903	596	#98
1904	707	#91
1905	807	#85
1906	865	#81
1907	1,018	#77
1908	1,128	#72
1909	1,082	#77
1910	1,389	#69
1911	1,456	#69
1912	2,011	#66
1913	2,240	#67
1914	2,933	#62
1915	4,181	#53
1916	5,136	#44
1917	6,639	#34
1918	8,803	#21
1919	10,106	#15
1920	14,016	#11
1921	17,638	#8
1922	20,894	#6
1923	25,990	#5
1924	30,600	#4
1925	32,812	#3
1926	32,964	#3
1927	35,423	#3
1928	36,083	#2
1929	36,677	#2
1930	38,238	#2
1931	36,105	#2
1932	34,420	#2
1933	31,531	#2
1934	31,088	#2
1935	28,675	#4
1936	25,867	#4
1937	25,337	#5
1938	25,505	#4
1939	23,642	#4
1940	22,077	#5
1941	20,904	#7
1942	21,659	#9
1943	21,596	#10
1944	19,760	#10
1945	18,390	#11
1946	19,710	#14
1947	18,964	#17
1948	16,625	#18
1949	14,937	#22
1950	13,614	#26
1951	12,822	#29
1952	12,129	#32
1953	11,369	#33
1954	10,620	#36
1955	9,925	#36
1956	9,218	#44
1957	8,479	#50
1958	7,715	#54
1959	7,313	#59
1960	6,501	#68
1961	5,583	#87
1962	4,764	#97
1963	4,154	#104
1964	4,070	#102
1965	3,567	#103
1966	2,946	#121
1967	2,543	#137
1968	2,133	#153
1969	2,135	#154
1970	1,965	#169
1971	1,764	#175
1972	1,364	#204
1973	1,322	#196
1974	1,131	#228
1975	1,021	#237
1976	908	#262
1977	808	#293
1978	714	#321
1979	710	#331
1980	658	#359
1981	662	#354
1982	635	#364
1983	564	#389
1984	504	#423
1985	502	#437
1986	408	#510
1987	436	#497
1988	395	#552
1989	399	#561
1990	406	#572
1991	346	#642
1992	296	#722
1993	292	#728
1994	276	#754
1995	236	#830
1996	217	#904
1997	189	#1,019
1998	197	#1,011
1999	183	#1,089
2000	176	#1,150
2001	154	#1,277
2002	129	#1,480
2003	148	#1,365
2004	140	#1,453
2005	135	#1,526
2006	138	#1,567
2007	134	#1,655
2008	141	#1,605
2009	150	#1,517
2010	135	#1,604
2011	167	#1,374
2012	141	#1,553
2013	177	#1,322
2014	196	#1,240
2015	192	#1,268
2016	179	#1,328
2017	177	#1,319
2018	216	#1,131
2019	162	#1,383
2020	197	#1,176
2021	205	#1,189
2022	210	#1,157
2023	202	#1,184
2024	253	#1,008