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How popular is “Betsy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Betsy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Betsy” 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 “Betsy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Betsy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Betsy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Betsy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Betsy” 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 14 0.000069484 14 100%
1881 13 0.000067467 13 100%
1882 18 0.000081252 18 100%
1883 13 0.000059923 13 100%
1884 19 0.000078041 19 100%
1885 13 0.000053975 13 100%
1886 20 0.000078334 20 100%
1887 19 0.000076801 19 100%
1888 22 0.000073462 22 100%
1889 15 0.000051913 15 100%
1890 13 0.000043132 13 100%
1891 18 0.000062789 18 100%
1892 27 0.000080748 27 100%
1893 17 0.000052272 17 100%
1894 26 0.000076766 26 100%
1895 17 0.00004843 17 100%
1896 14 0.000039163 14 100%
1897 10 0.000028822 10 100%
1898 17 0.000044566 17 100%
1899 14 0.000041269 14 100%
1900 24 0.000053303 24 100%
1901 16 0.000046268 16 100%
1902 21 0.000054301 21 100%
1903 11 0.000028856 11 100%
1904 15 0.000037176 15 100%
1905 17 0.000040102 17 100%
1906 17 0.000039678 17 100%
1907 19 0.000040826 19 100%
1908 24 0.000049115 24 100%
1909 25 0.000048902 25 100%
1910 36 0.000060944 36 100%
1911 30 0.000046564 30 100%
1912 27 0.000027326 27 100%
1913 49 0.000043092 49 100%
1914 79 0.000055777 79 100%
1915 77 0.000042021 77 100%
1916 108 0.000055831 108 100%
1917 112 0.000055812 112 100%
1918 178 0.000081986 178 100%
1919 145 0.000068712 145 100%
1920 183 0.000080879 183 100%
1921 200 0.000085671 200 100%
1922 228 0.0000996 228 100%
1923 217 0.000094246 217 100%
1924 236 0.000099093 236 100%
1925 284 0.000121716 284 100%
1926 262 0.000114116 262 100%
1927 283 0.000122017 283 100%
1928 317 0.000140207 317 100%
1929 341 0.000155554 341 100%
1930 361 0.000162372 361 100%
1931 327 0.00015539 327 100%
1932 350 0.000165775 350 100%
1933 323 0.000161545 323 100%
1934 357 0.000171898 357 100%
1935 384 0.000183741 384 100%
1936 384 0.000184831 384 100%
1937 450 0.000211201 450 100%
1938 480 0.000216942 480 100%
1939 513 0.000232818 513 100%
1940 607 0.000263605 607 100%
1941 650 0.000266784 650 100%
1942 711 0.000260266 706 5 99%
1943 665 0.000235602 665 100%
1944 670 0.000249063 670 100%
1945 651 0.000245391 651 100%
1946 696 0.000217819 696 100%
1947 847 0.000235126 847 100%
1948 719 0.000208254 719 100%
1949 769 0.000220674 769 100%
1950 890 0.000254042 890 100%
1951 881 0.000239159 881 100%
1952 976 0.000256977 976 100%
1953 986 0.000255862 986 100%
1954 1003 0.000251965 1003 100%
1955 984 0.000245076 984 100%
1956 1066 0.000258547 1066 100%
1957 1097 0.000261057 1097 100%
1958 1288 0.00031157 1288 100%
1959 1390 0.000334296 1390 100%
1960 1252 0.00030141 1252 100%
1961 1137 0.000274485 1132 5 99%
1962 1012 0.000250782 1012 100%
1963 1078 0.000272346 1078 100%
1964 1026 0.000263916 1026 100%
1965 932 0.000257072 932 100%
1966 698 0.000200825 698 100%
1967 535 0.000157589 535 100%
1968 479 0.000141783 479 100%
1969 414 0.000119126 414 100%
1970 492 0.00013642 492 100%
1971 700 0.000203942 700 100%
1972 634 0.000201718 634 100%
1973 549 0.000181976 549 100%
1974 489 0.000160855 489 100%
1975 512 0.00016957 512 100%
1976 613 0.000202024 613 100%
1977 470 0.000147962 470 100%
1978 472 0.000148714 472 100%
1979 530 0.000159303 530 100%
1980 536 0.00015561 536 100%
1981 448 0.000129503 448 100%
1982 421 0.000120013 421 100%
1983 401 0.000115784 401 100%
1984 455 0.000130419 455 100%
1985 399 0.000111793 399 100%
1986 354 0.00009952 354 100%
1987 404 0.000112047 404 100%
1988 339 0.000091745 339 100%
1989 301 0.000078295 301 100%
1990 281 0.000071095 281 100%
1991 252 0.000064694 252 100%
1992 237 0.000061698 237 100%
1993 233 0.000061799 233 100%
1994 186 0.000050032 186 100%
1995 170 0.000046421 170 100%
1996 158 0.000043321 158 100%
1997 171 0.000047163 171 100%
1998 173 0.000047034 173 100%
1999 153 0.00004142 153 100%
2000 157 0.000041535 157 100%
2001 124 0.000033125 124 100%
2002 123 0.000032903 123 100%
2003 133 0.000034979 133 100%
2004 153 0.000040043 153 100%
2005 119 0.000030951 119 100%
2006 370 0.000093524 370 100%
2007 247 0.000061786 247 100%
2008 219 0.000055716 219 100%
2009 160 0.000041883 160 100%
2010 154 0.00004167 154 100%
2011 130 0.000035541 130 100%
2012 138 0.000037732 138 100%
2013 134 0.000036756 134 100%
2014 134 0.000036154 134 100%
2015 125 0.000033775 125 100%
2016 106 0.000028893 106 100%
2017 96 0.000026844 96 100%
2018 94 0.000026736 94 100%
2019 92 0.000026506 92 100%
2020 88 0.000026343 88 100%
2021 67 0.000019776 67 100%
2022 85 0.000025125 85 100%
2023 77 0.000023254 77 100%
2024 75 0.000022533 75 100%

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