# Bettie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bettie/  
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 | 38,478 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 83 / 38,395 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 156, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Beth + -ie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 13 | 8,794 |
| 2011 | 17 | 7,163 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,277 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,658 |
| 2014 | 17 | 7,039 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,035 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,114 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,701 |
| 2019 | 10 | 9,851 |
| 2020 | 10 | 9,666 |
| 2021 | 11 | 9,069 |
| 2022 | 10 | 9,800 |
| 2023 | 12 | 8,570 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,537 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,549 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 5 | 4,305 |
| 1924 | 5 | 4,416 |
| 1926 | 6 | 3,747 |
| 1927 | 5 | 4,262 |
| 1929 | 6 | 3,596 |
| 1930 | 5 | 4,051 |
| 1932 | 5 | 3,833 |
| 1933 | 11 | 2,225 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,181 |
| 1938 | 9 | 2,498 |
| 1939 | 5 | 3,528 |
| 1941 | 5 | 3,552 |
| 1945 | 5 | 3,378 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,046 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 3,185 |
| 2012 | 7 | 3,285 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,496 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,706 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,674 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,458 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2023 | 10 | 2,504 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,411 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,584 |

## 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.