Is Betty a boy or girl name?
Betty is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 253 girls and 0 boys were named Betty, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 99.6% of the 1,004,638 US babies named Betty were girls.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- #1,008
- Babies named Betty since 1880
- 1,004,638
- Most popular year
- 1930
- 38,394 babies
Boys and girls named Betty, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 1,519 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 3,196 | 100% |
| 1900s | 30 | 7,921 | 99.6% |
| 1910s | 89 | 44,894 | 99.8% |
| 1920s | 753 | 283,097 | 99.7% |
| 1930s | 1,431 | 300,408 | 99.5% |
| 1940s | 742 | 194,622 | 99.6% |
| 1950s | 311 | 103,204 | 99.7% |
| 1960s | 172 | 38,396 | 99.6% |
| 1970s | 62 | 11,707 | 99.5% |
| 1980s | 29 | 5,163 | 99.4% |
| 1990s | 0 | 2,638 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,445 | 100% |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,742 | 100% |
| 2020s | 0 | 1,067 | 100% |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 253 | #1,008 |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 202 | #1,184 |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 210 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 205 | #1,189 |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 197 | #1,176 |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 162 | #1,383 |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 216 | #1,131 |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 177 | #1,319 |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 179 | #1,328 |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 192 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 196 | #1,240 |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 177 | #1,322 |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 141 | #1,553 |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 167 | #1,374 |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 135 | #1,604 |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 150 | #1,517 |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 141 | #1,605 |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 134 | #1,655 |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 138 | #1,567 |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 135 | #1,526 |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 140 | #1,453 |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 148 | #1,365 |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 129 | #1,480 |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 154 | #1,277 |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 176 | #1,150 |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 183 | #1,089 |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 197 | #1,011 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 189 | #1,019 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 217 | #904 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 236 | #830 |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 276 | #754 |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 292 | #728 |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 296 | #722 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 346 | #642 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 406 | #572 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 399 | #561 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,514 | 395 | #552 |
| 1987 | 5 | #7,068 | 436 | #497 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 408 | #510 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,627 | 502 | #437 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 504 | #423 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,554 | 564 | #389 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 635 | #364 |
| 1981 | 7 | #5,006 | 662 | #354 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 658 | #359 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 710 | #331 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 714 | #321 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,934 | 808 | #293 |
| 1976 | 6 | #4,992 | 908 | #262 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,985 | 1,021 | #237 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,345 | 1,131 | #228 |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,519 | 1,322 | #196 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 1,364 | #204 |
| 1971 | 10 | #3,170 | 1,764 | #175 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,551 | 1,965 | #169 |
| 1969 | 14 | #2,319 | 2,135 | #154 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,843 | 2,133 | #153 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,250 | 2,543 | #137 |
| 1966 | 20 | #1,728 | 2,946 | #121 |
| 1965 | 18 | #1,862 | 3,567 | #103 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,126 | 4,070 | #102 |
| 1963 | 14 | #2,212 | 4,154 | #104 |
| 1962 | 15 | #2,124 | 4,764 | #97 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,156 | 5,583 | #87 |
| 1960 | 29 | #1,490 | 6,501 | #68 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,723 | 7,313 | #59 |
| 1958 | 31 | #1,399 | 7,715 | #54 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,413 | 8,479 | #50 |
| 1956 | 34 | #1,318 | 9,218 | #44 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,686 | 9,925 | #36 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,243 | 10,620 | #36 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,514 | 11,369 | #33 |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,152 | 12,129 | #32 |
| 1951 | 39 | #1,153 | 12,822 | #29 |
| 1950 | 31 | #1,293 | 13,614 | #26 |
| 1949 | 35 | #1,207 | 14,937 | #22 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,082 | 16,625 | #18 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,081 | 18,964 | #17 |
| 1946 | 47 | #983 | 19,710 | #14 |
| 1945 | 62 | #784 | 18,390 | #11 |
| 1944 | 74 | #722 | 19,760 | #10 |
| 1943 | 89 | #677 | 21,596 | #10 |
| 1942 | 111 | #592 | 21,659 | #9 |
| 1941 | 121 | #537 | 20,904 | #7 |
| 1940 | 115 | #551 | 22,077 | #5 |
| 1939 | 130 | #498 | 23,642 | #4 |
| 1938 | 110 | #552 | 25,505 | #4 |
| 1937 | 122 | #524 | 25,337 | #5 |
| 1936 | 116 | #529 | 25,867 | #4 |
| 1935 | 151 | #461 | 28,675 | #4 |
| 1934 | 170 | #430 | 31,088 | #2 |
| 1933 | 156 | #443 | 31,531 | #2 |
| 1932 | 169 | #429 | 34,420 | #2 |
| 1931 | 151 | #459 | 36,105 | #2 |
| 1930 | 156 | #476 | 38,238 | #2 |
| 1929 | 133 | #510 | 36,677 | #2 |
| 1928 | 119 | #560 | 36,083 | #2 |
| 1927 | 105 | #607 | 35,423 | #3 |
| 1926 | 91 | #660 | 32,964 | #3 |
| 1925 | 84 | #703 | 32,812 | #3 |
| 1924 | 68 | #818 | 30,600 | #4 |
| 1923 | 56 | #915 | 25,990 | #5 |
| 1922 | 35 | #1,224 | 20,894 | #6 |
| 1921 | 37 | #1,180 | 17,638 | #8 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,510 | 14,016 | #11 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,758 | 10,106 | #15 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,659 | 8,803 | #21 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,753 | 6,639 | #34 |
| 1916 | 8 | #2,951 | 5,136 | #44 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,320 | 4,181 | #53 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,119 | 2,933 | #62 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,534 | 2,240 | #67 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 2,011 | #66 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 1,456 | #69 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,614 | 1,389 | #69 |
| 1909 | 5 | #1,473 | 1,082 | #77 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,128 | 1,128 | #72 |
| 1907 | 5 | #1,364 | 1,018 | #77 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 865 | #81 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,253 | 807 | #85 |
| 1904 | 8 | #890 | 707 | #91 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 596 | #98 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 580 | #101 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 473 | #112 |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 665 | #100 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 410 | #119 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 421 | #126 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 367 | #132 |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 342 | #139 |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 350 | #131 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 298 | #145 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 298 | #139 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 255 | #155 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 239 | #147 |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 216 | #164 |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 189 | #159 |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 214 | #148 |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 178 | #144 |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 167 | #147 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 155 | #145 |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 144 | #149 |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 120 | #150 |
| 1882 | 0 | – | 123 | #145 |
| 1881 | 0 | – | 112 | #140 |
| 1880 | 0 | – | 117 | #136 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Betty reached #429 in 1932. As a girl name, it reached #2 in 1928. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.
Names from the same era
These names were also most popular in the 1930s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.
Names spelled like Betty
Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.