How popular is “Betty” in the USA?
Number of people named “Betty” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Betty” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Betty” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Betty” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Betty” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Betty” by birth year
This chart shows how “Betty” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 117 | 0.000580691 | 117 | 100% | |
| 1881 | 112 | 0.000581251 | 112 | 100% | |
| 1882 | 123 | 0.000555222 | 123 | 100% | |
| 1883 | 120 | 0.000553133 | 120 | 100% | |
| 1884 | 144 | 0.000591471 | 144 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 155 | 0.000643543 | 155 | 100% | |
| 1886 | 167 | 0.000654091 | 167 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 178 | 0.000719506 | 178 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 214 | 0.000714586 | 214 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 189 | 0.000654101 | 189 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 216 | 0.000716653 | 216 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 239 | 0.000833703 | 239 | 100% | |
| 1892 | 255 | 0.000762619 | 255 | 100% | |
| 1893 | 298 | 0.000916294 | 298 | 100% | |
| 1894 | 298 | 0.000879861 | 298 | 100% | |
| 1895 | 350 | 0.000997094 | 350 | 100% | |
| 1896 | 342 | 0.000956686 | 342 | 100% | |
| 1897 | 367 | 0.001057768 | 367 | 100% | |
| 1898 | 421 | 0.001103669 | 421 | 100% | |
| 1899 | 410 | 0.001208605 | 410 | 100% | |
| 1900 | 665 | 0.001476931 | 665 | 100% | |
| 1901 | 473 | 0.001367795 | 473 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 580 | 0.001499743 | 580 | 100% | |
| 1903 | 596 | 0.001563484 | 596 | 100% | |
| 1904 | 715 | 0.001772061 | 707 | 8 | 98% |
| 1905 | 812 | 0.001915447 | 807 | 5 | 99% |
| 1906 | 865 | 0.002018901 | 865 | 100% | |
| 1907 | 1023 | 0.002198156 | 1018 | 5 | 99% |
| 1908 | 1135 | 0.002322731 | 1128 | 7 | 99% |
| 1909 | 1087 | 0.00212627 | 1082 | 5 | 99% |
| 1910 | 1394 | 0.002359868 | 1389 | 5 | 99% |
| 1911 | 1456 | 0.002259894 | 1456 | 100% | |
| 1912 | 2011 | 0.002035297 | 2011 | 100% | |
| 1913 | 2246 | 0.001975183 | 2240 | 6 | 99% |
| 1914 | 2943 | 0.002077885 | 2933 | 10 | 99% |
| 1915 | 4192 | 0.002287678 | 4181 | 11 | 99% |
| 1916 | 5144 | 0.002659199 | 5136 | 8 | 100% |
| 1917 | 6648 | 0.003312819 | 6639 | 9 | 100% |
| 1918 | 8824 | 0.004064279 | 8803 | 21 | 100% |
| 1919 | 10125 | 0.004798021 | 10106 | 19 | 100% |
| 1920 | 14041 | 0.006205575 | 14016 | 25 | 100% |
| 1921 | 17675 | 0.007571198 | 17638 | 37 | 100% |
| 1922 | 20929 | 0.009142671 | 20894 | 35 | 100% |
| 1923 | 26046 | 0.011312146 | 25990 | 56 | 100% |
| 1924 | 30668 | 0.012877003 | 30600 | 68 | 100% |
| 1925 | 32896 | 0.014098475 | 32812 | 84 | 99% |
| 1926 | 33055 | 0.014397372 | 32964 | 91 | 99% |
| 1927 | 35528 | 0.015318032 | 35423 | 105 | 99% |
| 1928 | 36202 | 0.016011938 | 36083 | 119 | 99% |
| 1929 | 36810 | 0.016791649 | 36677 | 133 | 99% |
| 1930 | 38394 | 0.017269017 | 38238 | 156 | 99% |
| 1931 | 36256 | 0.017228762 | 36105 | 151 | 99% |
| 1932 | 34589 | 0.016382867 | 34420 | 169 | 99% |
| 1933 | 31687 | 0.015847882 | 31531 | 156 | 99% |
| 1934 | 31258 | 0.015050924 | 31088 | 170 | 99% |
| 1935 | 28826 | 0.013793005 | 28675 | 151 | 99% |
| 1936 | 25983 | 0.01250639 | 25867 | 116 | 99% |
| 1937 | 25459 | 0.011948824 | 25337 | 122 | 99% |
| 1938 | 25615 | 0.011577014 | 25505 | 110 | 99% |
| 1939 | 23772 | 0.010788576 | 23642 | 130 | 99% |
| 1940 | 22192 | 0.009637445 | 22077 | 115 | 99% |
| 1941 | 21025 | 0.008629447 | 20904 | 121 | 99% |
| 1942 | 21770 | 0.007969053 | 21659 | 111 | 99% |
| 1943 | 21685 | 0.007682744 | 21596 | 89 | 99% |
| 1944 | 19834 | 0.007373018 | 19760 | 74 | 99% |
| 1945 | 18452 | 0.006955381 | 18390 | 62 | 99% |
| 1946 | 19757 | 0.006183131 | 19710 | 47 | 100% |
| 1947 | 19009 | 0.005276874 | 18964 | 45 | 100% |
| 1948 | 16668 | 0.004827781 | 16625 | 43 | 99% |
| 1949 | 14972 | 0.004296402 | 14937 | 35 | 100% |
| 1950 | 13645 | 0.003894835 | 13614 | 31 | 100% |
| 1951 | 12861 | 0.00349129 | 12822 | 39 | 99% |
| 1952 | 12170 | 0.003204314 | 12129 | 41 | 99% |
| 1953 | 11394 | 0.002956682 | 11369 | 25 | 100% |
| 1954 | 10656 | 0.002676911 | 10620 | 36 | 99% |
| 1955 | 9946 | 0.002477161 | 9925 | 21 | 100% |
| 1956 | 9252 | 0.002243977 | 9218 | 34 | 99% |
| 1957 | 8510 | 0.002025157 | 8479 | 31 | 99% |
| 1958 | 7746 | 0.001873774 | 7715 | 31 | 99% |
| 1959 | 7335 | 0.001764073 | 7313 | 22 | 99% |
| 1960 | 6530 | 0.001572049 | 6501 | 29 | 99% |
| 1961 | 5598 | 0.001351423 | 5583 | 15 | 99% |
| 1962 | 4779 | 0.001184277 | 4764 | 15 | 99% |
| 1963 | 4168 | 0.001053004 | 4154 | 14 | 99% |
| 1964 | 4085 | 0.001050776 | 4070 | 15 | 99% |
| 1965 | 3585 | 0.000988843 | 3567 | 18 | 99% |
| 1966 | 2966 | 0.000853364 | 2946 | 20 | 99% |
| 1967 | 2556 | 0.000752895 | 2543 | 13 | 99% |
| 1968 | 2152 | 0.000636985 | 2133 | 19 | 98% |
| 1969 | 2149 | 0.00061836 | 2135 | 14 | 99% |
| 1970 | 1973 | 0.000547066 | 1965 | 8 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1774 | 0.000516846 | 1764 | 10 | 99% |
| 1972 | 1364 | 0.000433981 | 1364 | 100% | |
| 1973 | 1337 | 0.000443172 | 1322 | 15 | 98% |
| 1974 | 1141 | 0.000375329 | 1131 | 10 | 98% |
| 1975 | 1029 | 0.000340797 | 1021 | 8 | 98% |
| 1976 | 914 | 0.000301223 | 908 | 6 | 99% |
| 1977 | 813 | 0.000255943 | 808 | 5 | 99% |
| 1978 | 714 | 0.000224962 | 714 | 100% | |
| 1979 | 710 | 0.000213405 | 710 | 100% | |
| 1980 | 658 | 0.000191029 | 658 | 100% | |
| 1981 | 669 | 0.000193388 | 662 | 7 | 98% |
| 1982 | 635 | 0.000181017 | 635 | 100% | |
| 1983 | 570 | 0.000164581 | 564 | 6 | 98% |
| 1984 | 504 | 0.000144464 | 504 | 100% | |
| 1985 | 507 | 0.000142052 | 502 | 5 | 98% |
| 1986 | 408 | 0.000114701 | 408 | 100% | |
| 1987 | 441 | 0.000122309 | 436 | 5 | 98% |
| 1988 | 401 | 0.000108524 | 395 | 6 | 97% |
| 1989 | 399 | 0.000103786 | 399 | 100% | |
| 1990 | 406 | 0.00010272 | 406 | 100% | |
| 1991 | 346 | 0.000088826 | 346 | 100% | |
| 1992 | 296 | 0.000077058 | 296 | 100% | |
| 1993 | 292 | 0.000077448 | 292 | 100% | |
| 1994 | 276 | 0.00007424 | 276 | 100% | |
| 1995 | 236 | 0.000064443 | 236 | 100% | |
| 1996 | 217 | 0.000059498 | 217 | 100% | |
| 1997 | 189 | 0.000052127 | 189 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 197 | 0.000053559 | 197 | 100% | |
| 1999 | 183 | 0.000049542 | 183 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 176 | 0.000046562 | 176 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 154 | 0.000041139 | 154 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 129 | 0.000034508 | 129 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 148 | 0.000038924 | 148 | 100% | |
| 2004 | 140 | 0.00003664 | 140 | 100% | |
| 2005 | 135 | 0.000035112 | 135 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 138 | 0.000034882 | 138 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 134 | 0.000033519 | 134 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 141 | 0.000035872 | 141 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 150 | 0.000039265 | 150 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 135 | 0.000036529 | 135 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 167 | 0.000045656 | 167 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 141 | 0.000038552 | 141 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 177 | 0.000048551 | 177 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 196 | 0.000052882 | 196 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 192 | 0.000051879 | 192 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 179 | 0.000048791 | 179 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 177 | 0.000049494 | 177 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 216 | 0.000061435 | 216 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 162 | 0.000046673 | 162 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 197 | 0.000058972 | 197 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 205 | 0.000060509 | 205 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 210 | 0.000062073 | 210 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 202 | 0.000061005 | 202 | 100% | |
| 2024 | 253 | 0.00007601 | 253 | 100% |