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Betty

Pronounced /ˈbɛti/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1934 · #432
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:253 in 2024 (#1,011)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Betty in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1934 with 170 babies, ranked #432.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1904.
  • 3,619 boys have been named Betty since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Betty per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. <0.1
    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 620 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Silent: 2,255 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Boomers: 569 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen X: 146 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 29 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

  • A diminutive of the female given name Elizabeth.
  • A popular given name in the early 20th century, often in the form Betty Lou.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/ˈbɛti/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Betty, CC BY-SA 4.0.