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 | 0.000553136 | 120 | 100% | |
| 1884 | 144 | 0.000591471 | 144 | 100% | |
| 1885 | 155 | 0.000643543 | 155 | 100% | |
| 1886 | 167 | 0.000654089 | 167 | 100% | |
| 1887 | 178 | 0.000719503 | 178 | 100% | |
| 1888 | 214 | 0.000714586 | 214 | 100% | |
| 1889 | 189 | 0.000654101 | 189 | 100% | |
| 1890 | 216 | 0.000716653 | 216 | 100% | |
| 1891 | 239 | 0.000833705 | 239 | 100% | |
| 1892 | 255 | 0.000762619 | 255 | 100% | |
| 1893 | 298 | 0.000916294 | 298 | 100% | |
| 1894 | 298 | 0.000879861 | 298 | 100% | |
| 1895 | 350 | 0.000997091 | 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 | 0.001476928 | 665 | 100% | |
| 1901 | 473 | 0.001367795 | 473 | 100% | |
| 1902 | 580 | 0.001499743 | 580 | 100% | |
| 1903 | 596 | 0.001563476 | 596 | 100% | |
| 1904 | 715 | 0.001772061 | 707 | 8 | 98% |
| 1905 | 812 | 0.001915438 | 807 | 5 | 99% |
| 1906 | 865 | 0.002018901 | 865 | 100% | |
| 1907 | 1023 | 0.002198152 | 1018 | 5 | 99% |
| 1908 | 1135 | 0.002322726 | 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 | 0.0020353 | 2011 | 100% | |
| 1913 | 2246 | 0.001975181 | 2240 | 6 | 99% |
| 1914 | 2943 | 0.002077882 | 2933 | 10 | 99% |
| 1915 | 4192 | 0.002287673 | 4181 | 11 | 99% |
| 1916 | 5144 | 0.002659202 | 5136 | 8 | 100% |
| 1917 | 6648 | 0.003312819 | 6639 | 9 | 100% |
| 1918 | 8824 | 0.004064277 | 8803 | 21 | 100% |
| 1919 | 10125 | 0.004798017 | 10106 | 19 | 100% |
| 1920 | 14041 | 0.006205575 | 14016 | 25 | 100% |
| 1921 | 17675 | 0.007571205 | 17638 | 37 | 100% |
| 1922 | 20929 | 0.009142675 | 20894 | 35 | 100% |
| 1923 | 26046 | 0.011312131 | 25990 | 56 | 100% |
| 1924 | 30668 | 0.012876987 | 30600 | 68 | 100% |
| 1925 | 32896 | 0.014098457 | 32812 | 84 | 99% |
| 1926 | 33055 | 0.014397423 | 32964 | 91 | 99% |
| 1927 | 35529 | 0.015318443 | 35424 | 105 | 99% |
| 1928 | 36202 | 0.016012045 | 36083 | 119 | 99% |
| 1929 | 36808 | 0.016790807 | 36675 | 133 | 99% |
| 1930 | 38393 | 0.017268568 | 38237 | 156 | 99% |
| 1931 | 36257 | 0.01722941 | 36106 | 151 | 99% |
| 1932 | 34588 | 0.016382495 | 34419 | 169 | 99% |
| 1933 | 31685 | 0.015847001 | 31529 | 156 | 99% |
| 1934 | 31258 | 0.015051026 | 31088 | 170 | 99% |
| 1935 | 28827 | 0.013793668 | 28676 | 151 | 99% |
| 1936 | 25983 | 0.012506492 | 25867 | 116 | 99% |
| 1937 | 25457 | 0.011948098 | 25335 | 122 | 99% |
| 1938 | 25615 | 0.011577024 | 25505 | 110 | 99% |
| 1939 | 23774 | 0.010789571 | 23644 | 130 | 99% |
| 1940 | 22191 | 0.009637211 | 22076 | 115 | 99% |
| 1941 | 21026 | 0.008630023 | 20905 | 121 | 99% |
| 1942 | 21771 | 0.007969594 | 21660 | 111 | 99% |
| 1943 | 21684 | 0.007682398 | 21595 | 89 | 99% |
| 1944 | 19834 | 0.007373081 | 19760 | 74 | 99% |
| 1945 | 18452 | 0.006955489 | 18390 | 62 | 99% |
| 1946 | 19756 | 0.006182877 | 19709 | 47 | 100% |
| 1947 | 19010 | 0.005277243 | 18965 | 45 | 100% |
| 1948 | 16667 | 0.004827508 | 16624 | 43 | 99% |
| 1949 | 14974 | 0.004297022 | 14939 | 35 | 100% |
| 1950 | 13644 | 0.003894538 | 13613 | 31 | 100% |
| 1951 | 12860 | 0.003491035 | 12821 | 39 | 99% |
| 1952 | 12170 | 0.003204313 | 12129 | 41 | 99% |
| 1953 | 11395 | 0.002956966 | 11370 | 25 | 100% |
| 1954 | 10656 | 0.002676927 | 10620 | 36 | 99% |
| 1955 | 9948 | 0.002477689 | 9927 | 21 | 100% |
| 1956 | 9249 | 0.002243249 | 9215 | 34 | 99% |
| 1957 | 8510 | 0.002025196 | 8479 | 31 | 99% |
| 1958 | 7745 | 0.001873375 | 7714 | 31 | 99% |
| 1959 | 7335 | 0.001764612 | 7313 | 22 | 99% |
| 1960 | 6529 | 0.001571768 | 6500 | 29 | 99% |
| 1961 | 5598 | 0.001351536 | 5583 | 15 | 99% |
| 1962 | 4780 | 0.001184687 | 4765 | 15 | 99% |
| 1963 | 4167 | 0.001052716 | 4153 | 14 | 99% |
| 1964 | 4084 | 0.001050529 | 4069 | 15 | 99% |
| 1965 | 3585 | 0.000988834 | 3567 | 18 | 99% |
| 1966 | 2967 | 0.000853673 | 2947 | 20 | 99% |
| 1967 | 2556 | 0.000752898 | 2543 | 13 | 99% |
| 1968 | 2151 | 0.000636699 | 2132 | 19 | 98% |
| 1969 | 2150 | 0.000618643 | 2136 | 14 | 99% |
| 1970 | 1973 | 0.000547067 | 1965 | 8 | 99% |
| 1971 | 1774 | 0.000516857 | 1764 | 10 | 99% |
| 1972 | 1364 | 0.000433978 | 1364 | 100% | |
| 1973 | 1337 | 0.000443177 | 1322 | 15 | 98% |
| 1974 | 1141 | 0.000375329 | 1131 | 10 | 98% |
| 1975 | 1029 | 0.000340799 | 1021 | 8 | 98% |
| 1976 | 914 | 0.000301222 | 908 | 6 | 99% |
| 1977 | 813 | 0.000255949 | 808 | 5 | 99% |
| 1978 | 714 | 0.000224965 | 714 | 100% | |
| 1979 | 710 | 0.000213408 | 710 | 100% | |
| 1980 | 658 | 0.00019103 | 658 | 100% | |
| 1981 | 669 | 0.00019339 | 662 | 7 | 98% |
| 1982 | 635 | 0.000181018 | 635 | 100% | |
| 1983 | 570 | 0.000164584 | 564 | 6 | 98% |
| 1984 | 504 | 0.000144468 | 504 | 100% | |
| 1985 | 507 | 0.000142058 | 502 | 5 | 98% |
| 1986 | 408 | 0.000114705 | 408 | 100% | |
| 1987 | 441 | 0.000122313 | 436 | 5 | 98% |
| 1988 | 401 | 0.000108529 | 395 | 6 | 97% |
| 1989 | 399 | 0.000103789 | 399 | 100% | |
| 1990 | 406 | 0.000102726 | 406 | 100% | |
| 1991 | 346 | 0.00008883 | 346 | 100% | |
| 1992 | 296 | 0.000077062 | 296 | 100% | |
| 1993 | 292 | 0.000077451 | 292 | 100% | |
| 1994 | 276 | 0.000074244 | 276 | 100% | |
| 1995 | 236 | 0.000064445 | 236 | 100% | |
| 1996 | 217 | 0.0000595 | 217 | 100% | |
| 1997 | 189 | 0.000052129 | 189 | 100% | |
| 1998 | 197 | 0.00005356 | 197 | 100% | |
| 1999 | 183 | 0.000049543 | 183 | 100% | |
| 2000 | 176 | 0.000046563 | 176 | 100% | |
| 2001 | 154 | 0.000041141 | 154 | 100% | |
| 2002 | 129 | 0.000034509 | 129 | 100% | |
| 2003 | 147 | 0.000038664 | 147 | 100% | |
| 2004 | 140 | 0.000036643 | 140 | 100% | |
| 2005 | 135 | 0.000035115 | 135 | 100% | |
| 2006 | 138 | 0.000034886 | 138 | 100% | |
| 2007 | 134 | 0.000033523 | 134 | 100% | |
| 2008 | 140 | 0.000035623 | 140 | 100% | |
| 2009 | 150 | 0.000039272 | 150 | 100% | |
| 2010 | 135 | 0.000036534 | 135 | 100% | |
| 2011 | 167 | 0.000045664 | 167 | 100% | |
| 2012 | 140 | 0.000038286 | 140 | 100% | |
| 2013 | 177 | 0.000048562 | 177 | 100% | |
| 2014 | 196 | 0.000052896 | 196 | 100% | |
| 2015 | 191 | 0.000051624 | 191 | 100% | |
| 2016 | 179 | 0.000048807 | 179 | 100% | |
| 2017 | 177 | 0.000049514 | 177 | 100% | |
| 2018 | 215 | 0.000061181 | 215 | 100% | |
| 2019 | 162 | 0.000046702 | 162 | 100% | |
| 2020 | 197 | 0.00005902 | 197 | 100% | |
| 2021 | 205 | 0.000060567 | 205 | 100% | |
| 2022 | 210 | 0.000062156 | 210 | 100% | |
| 2023 | 200 | 0.000060657 | 200 | 100% |