# Betsy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/betsy/  
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 | 48,957 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10 / 48,947 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,343, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the clipping of Elizabeth + -sy (hypocoristic suffix).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 130 | 1,646 |
| 2012 | 139 | 1,567 |
| 2013 | 134 | 1,603 |
| 2014 | 134 | 1,605 |
| 2015 | 125 | 1,696 |
| 2016 | 106 | 1,900 |
| 2017 | 96 | 2,040 |
| 2018 | 94 | 2,062 |
| 2019 | 92 | 2,057 |
| 2020 | 89 | 2,069 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,593 |
| 2022 | 85 | 2,212 |
| 2023 | 77 | 2,356 |
| 2024 | 75 | 2,417 |
| 2025 | 63 | 2,724 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1942 | 5 | 3,616 |
| 1961 | 5 | 4,120 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 268 | 193 |
| 2012 | 302 | 169 |
| 2013 | 350 | 151 |
| 2014 | 382 | 144 |
| 2015 | 420 | 135 |
| 2016 | 359 | 154 |
| 2017 | 409 | 132 |
| 2018 | 357 | 145 |
| 2019 | 355 | 140 |
| 2020 | 279 | 179 |
| 2021 | 286 | 179 |
| 2022 | 245 | 204 |
| 2023 | 183 | 248 |
| 2024 | 209 | 227 |
| 2025 | 278 | 177 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 貝琪 /贝琪, 贝齐
- Japanese: ベッツィ, ベッツィー
- Russian: Бетси

## People named Betsy

- Betsy DeVos, American politician and philanthropist (born 1958)
- Betsy Blair, American actress (1923–2009)
- Betsy Brandt, American actress (born 1973)
- Betsy Russell, American actress
- Betsy Ross, American upholsterer who was credited by her relatives with making the first American flag
- Betsy Palmer, American actress (1926–2015)
- Betsy Drake, American actress and writer (1923–2015)
- Betsy Jolas, French composer (born 1926)
- Betsy Snite, alpine skier (1938-1984)
- Betsy Rue, American actress
- Betsy Beard, American coxswain
- Betsy Brantley, American actress

## 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.