Is Bettye a boy or girl name?
Bettye was a girl name in the US. Across 1880–2024, 99.8% of the 22,967 US babies named Bettye were girls. Fewer than 10 babies were given the name in 2024.
- Boy rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Girl rank, 2024
- Not ranked
- Babies named Bettye since 1883
- 22,967
- Most popular year
- 1933
- 763 babies
Boys and girls named Bettye, by decade
| Decade | Boys | Girls | Share girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 0 | 10 | 100% |
| 1890s | 0 | 37 | 100% |
| 1900s | 0 | 93 | 100% |
| 1910s | 0 | 550 | 100% |
| 1920s | 0 | 4,629 | 100% |
| 1930s | 29 | 7,051 | 99.6% |
| 1940s | 18 | 6,979 | 99.7% |
| 1950s | 0 | 2,803 | 100% |
| 1960s | 0 | 527 | 100% |
| 1970s | 0 | 132 | 100% |
| 1980s | 0 | 71 | 100% |
| 1990s | 0 | 38 | 100% |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2020s | 0 | 0 | – |
Every year
| Year | Boys | Boy rank | Girls | Girl rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – | 5 | #14,435 |
| 1997 | 0 | – | 5 | #14,014 |
| 1996 | 0 | – | 5 | #13,789 |
| 1995 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – | 9 | #8,818 |
| 1991 | 0 | – | 6 | #11,670 |
| 1990 | 0 | – | 8 | #9,344 |
| 1989 | 0 | – | 5 | #12,597 |
| 1988 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – | 5 | #11,491 |
| 1986 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,825 |
| 1985 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,429 |
| 1984 | 0 | – | 9 | #6,860 |
| 1983 | 0 | – | 12 | #5,491 |
| 1982 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,549 |
| 1981 | 0 | – | 7 | #8,206 |
| 1980 | 0 | – | 10 | #6,355 |
| 1979 | 0 | – | 5 | #10,364 |
| 1978 | 0 | – | 8 | #7,007 |
| 1977 | 0 | – | 10 | #5,928 |
| 1976 | 0 | – | 7 | #7,368 |
| 1975 | 0 | – | 5 | #9,207 |
| 1974 | 0 | – | 20 | #3,325 |
| 1973 | 0 | – | 13 | #4,380 |
| 1972 | 0 | – | 16 | #3,734 |
| 1971 | 0 | – | 23 | #2,962 |
| 1970 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,784 |
| 1969 | 0 | – | 25 | #2,651 |
| 1968 | 0 | – | 15 | #3,467 |
| 1967 | 0 | – | 21 | #2,709 |
| 1966 | 0 | – | 45 | #1,670 |
| 1965 | 0 | – | 54 | #1,518 |
| 1964 | 0 | – | 55 | #1,533 |
| 1963 | 0 | – | 60 | #1,435 |
| 1962 | 0 | – | 74 | #1,284 |
| 1961 | 0 | – | 77 | #1,260 |
| 1960 | 0 | – | 101 | #1,070 |
| 1959 | 0 | – | 128 | #922 |
| 1958 | 0 | – | 123 | #932 |
| 1957 | 0 | – | 147 | #838 |
| 1956 | 0 | – | 197 | #682 |
| 1955 | 0 | – | 255 | #572 |
| 1954 | 0 | – | 275 | #535 |
| 1953 | 0 | – | 333 | #468 |
| 1952 | 0 | – | 407 | #423 |
| 1951 | 0 | – | 458 | #383 |
| 1950 | 0 | – | 480 | #360 |
| 1949 | 0 | – | 610 | #314 |
| 1948 | 0 | – | 635 | #304 |
| 1947 | 0 | – | 738 | #285 |
| 1946 | 0 | – | 696 | #278 |
| 1945 | 0 | – | 669 | #261 |
| 1944 | 0 | – | 712 | #256 |
| 1943 | 0 | – | 744 | #257 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,618 | 742 | #252 |
| 1941 | 5 | #3,553 | 729 | #236 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,686 | 704 | #240 |
| 1939 | 5 | #3,530 | 659 | #243 |
| 1938 | 0 | – | 727 | #230 |
| 1937 | 0 | – | 638 | #249 |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,182 | 638 | #246 |
| 1935 | 5 | #3,698 | 700 | #239 |
| 1934 | 0 | – | 740 | #232 |
| 1933 | 0 | – | 763 | #220 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,116 | 694 | #230 |
| 1931 | 0 | – | 741 | #224 |
| 1930 | 6 | #3,629 | 751 | #224 |
| 1929 | 0 | – | 700 | #226 |
| 1928 | 0 | – | 663 | #241 |
| 1927 | 0 | – | 676 | #252 |
| 1926 | 0 | – | 603 | #274 |
| 1925 | 0 | – | 540 | #290 |
| 1924 | 0 | – | 439 | #319 |
| 1923 | 0 | – | 389 | #331 |
| 1922 | 0 | – | 241 | #427 |
| 1921 | 0 | – | 224 | #460 |
| 1920 | 0 | – | 154 | #578 |
| 1919 | 0 | – | 105 | #681 |
| 1918 | 0 | – | 110 | #685 |
| 1917 | 0 | – | 81 | #766 |
| 1916 | 0 | – | 63 | #857 |
| 1915 | 0 | – | 46 | #979 |
| 1914 | 0 | – | 38 | #958 |
| 1913 | 0 | – | 39 | #841 |
| 1912 | 0 | – | 21 | #1,148 |
| 1911 | 0 | – | 16 | #1,122 |
| 1910 | 0 | – | 31 | #771 |
| 1909 | 0 | – | 17 | #993 |
| 1908 | 0 | – | 11 | #1,270 |
| 1907 | 0 | – | 14 | #1,040 |
| 1906 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,755 |
| 1905 | 0 | – | 12 | #1,098 |
| 1904 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,506 |
| 1903 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,216 |
| 1902 | 0 | – | 8 | #1,335 |
| 1901 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – | 9 | #1,332 |
| 1899 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,631 |
| 1898 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,525 |
| 1897 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,316 |
| 1894 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,372 |
| 1893 | 0 | – | 7 | #1,188 |
| 1892 | 0 | – | 6 | #1,296 |
| 1891 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – | 5 | #1,125 |
| 1885 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – | 5 | #939 |
Highest rank
As a boy name, Bettye reached #2,686 in 1940. As a girl name, it reached #220 in 1933. 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 Bettye
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.