# Betty (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/betty/  
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 | /ˈbɛti/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Bette |
| US babies named this | 1,004,857 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,619 / 1,001,238 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,085, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 167 | 1,375 |
| 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 | 163 | 1,379 |
| 2020 | 198 | 1,175 |
| 2021 | 205 | 1,189 |
| 2022 | 210 | 1,157 |
| 2023 | 202 | 1,187 |
| 2024 | 253 | 1,012 |
| 2025 | 212 | 1,113 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 13 | 2,250 |
| 1968 | 19 | 1,843 |
| 1969 | 14 | 2,319 |
| 1970 | 8 | 3,551 |
| 1971 | 10 | 3,170 |
| 1973 | 15 | 2,518 |
| 1974 | 10 | 3,343 |
| 1975 | 8 | 3,983 |
| 1976 | 6 | 4,991 |
| 1977 | 5 | 5,936 |
| 1981 | 7 | 5,007 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5,553 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,627 |
| 1987 | 5 | 7,067 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,514 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 86 | 494 |
| 2012 | 98 | 458 |
| 2013 | 92 | 456 |
| 2014 | 121 | 370 |
| 2015 | 135 | 349 |
| 2016 | 115 | 394 |
| 2017 | 119 | 381 |
| 2018 | 108 | 408 |
| 2019 | 124 | 355 |
| 2020 | 103 | 413 |
| 2021 | 109 | 407 |
| 2022 | 117 | 365 |
| 2023 | 87 | 455 |
| 2024 | 121 | 360 |
| 2025 | 108 | 391 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Bet
- Chinese: 貝蒂 /贝蒂
- Japanese: ベティ
- Latvian: Betija
- Polish: Becia

## People named Betty

- Betty White, American actress and comedian (1922–2021)
- Betty Ford, First Lady of the United States from 1974 to 1977
- Betty Friedan, American feminist writer and activist (1921–2006)
- Betty Grable, American actress and pin-up girl (1916–1973)
- Betty Hutton, American actress (1921–2007)
- Betty Cuthbert, Australian sprinter (1938–2017)
- Betty Compson, American actress (1897–1974)
- Betty Heidler, German hammer thrower
- Betty Garrett, American actress, comedian, singer, and dancer (1919–2011)
- Betty Gilpin, American actress
- Betty Holberton, American computer programmer (1917–2001)
- Betty Buckley, American actress and singer

## 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.