NameTides

Betty

Betty was the #1,113 girls' name in the US in 2025 (212 babies), and #391 in England & Wales and #1,031 in Canada.

Betty as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Betty as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesIrelandCanadaScotlandUS
Betty as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,113 (212)#391 (108)#780 (3)—#718 (4)#1,031 (26)
2024#1,012 (253)#360 (121)#790 (3)——#970 (28)
2023#1,186 (202)#455 (87)#749 (3)——#1,080 (23)
2022#1,157 (210)#365 (117)—#354 (4)#747 (4)#1,166 (21)
2021#1,187 (205)#407 (109)#652 (4)#350 (4)#586 (6)#1,110 (23)
2020#1,173 (198)#413 (103)——#834 (3)#1,121 (22)
2019#1,377 (163)#355 (124)——#716 (4)#1,138 (22)
2018#1,130 (216)#408 (108)———#1,215 (20)
2017#1,317 (177)#381 (119)——#734 (4)#1,049 (24)
2016#1,327 (179)#394 (115)———#1,335 (18)
2015#1,266 (192)#349 (135)#806 (3)—#896 (3)#1,157 (21)
2014#1,240 (196)#370 (121)—#365 (4)#876 (3)#1,229 (20)
2013#1,321 (177)#456 (92)———#1,364 (17)
2012#1,552 (141)#458 (98)———#931 (28)
2011#1,372 (167)#494 (86)———#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1930 at #2.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 7,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 7,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 6,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 5,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 5,700uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Betty is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 6,900 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 5,800 to 1 in 8,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Betty by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #1,240ILMichigan: #787MINew York: #1,165NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #801OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,491CAUtah: #490UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #516MOKentucky: #744KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #1,180VAMaryland: #731MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #909AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #1,127TNNorth Carolina: #1,057NCSouth Carolina: #773SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,075GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,352TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Betty (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#78315

Betty (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
BettyCanadaGirls#1,03126
BettyEngland & WalesGirls#391108
BettyIrelandGirls#7184
BettyNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
BettyScotlandGirls#7803
BettyUSGirls#1,113212
BettyUSBoys—too few