Betty

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: English

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 1952 and has been recorded in 61 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1955 with 26 babies (rank #386 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining 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 โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

523
Total babies (all years)
61
Years in the data
26
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
195217#399
195310#580
195420#426
195526#386
195614#531
195720#459
195813#575
195916#531
196012#614
196116#552
196218#526
196311#665
196412#646
196513#630
196623#490
19676#855
196818#555
196911#714
197019#559
197111#692
197213#635
19737#796
19746#825
19759#695
19768#748
19777#770
197810#656
197914#561
19809#725
19819#743
198210#698
19836#892
198412#639
19855#986
19864#1,088
19874#1,097
19887#882
19896#950
19906#995
19915#1,059
19926#1,002
19932#1,394
19942#1,391
19956#975
19961#1,630
19971#1,631
19981#1,638
19993#1,298
20003#1,313
20014#1,167
20022#1,409
20032#1,376
20052#1,366
20062#1,335
20073#1,211
20083#1,196
20097#820
20102#1,232
20112#1,222
20133#1,057
20153#38