# Betsey (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/betsey/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,481 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,481 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 7 | 10,612 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9,661 |
| 2001 | 6 | 13,754 |
| 2004 | 6 | 14,453 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,810 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,049 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17,957 |
| 2009 | 9 | 11,606 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,437 |
| 2011 | 11 | 9,829 |
| 2012 | 5 | 17,310 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,971 |
| 2016 | 5 | 16,654 |
| 2017 | 5 | 16,278 |
| 2022 | 5 | 15,690 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2013 | 6 | 3,536 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,615 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |

## People named Betsey

- Betsey Johnson, American fashion designer (born 1942)
- Betsey Stevenson, American economist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.