Names / Girl names
Betty
Current rank
#1,113
holding steady
All-time peak
#2
in 1930
First recorded
1880
in U.S. data
Children named
1 million
since 1880
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #2 in 1930 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Betty first shows up in American naming records in 1880, where it reads as a girls' name. Its strongest year was 1930, at #2 nationally. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Over 1 million have carried it since records began.