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    The first name Bettye

    A girl’s name.

    1 syllable Female

    Popularity in the United States

    Babies named Bettye at birth, 1880–2025

    In 1998, 5 girls born in the United States were named Bettye, the 14,435th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1933, when 763 were.

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    22,967
    babies named Bettye since 1880
    #14,435
    rank in 1998
    1933
    peak year

    US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

    Famous people named Bettye

    3 on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Bettye Ackerman
      American actress (1924-2006)
    • Bettye LaVette
      American soul singer-songwriter, born 1946
    • Bettye Washington Greene
      African-American chemist (1935-1995)

    Questions

    Is Bettye a boy's or a girl's name?
    Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 22,967 US babies named Bettye since 1880 were girls.
    When was Bettye most popular?
    1933 in the United States, when 763 babies were named Bettye, its highest rank at 220th.