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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Bettye

Bettye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 220th with 763 babies. More babies were named Bettye in the 1930s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1933763 babies
Total since 1880
22,967babies recorded

Bettye popularity since 1880

02505007501k 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 47 since 1930.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#9,3448
1980#6,35510
1970#2,78425
1960#1,070101
1950#360480
1940#240704
1930#224751
1920#578154
1910#77131
1900#1,3329
1890——
1880——

How popular is Bettye, counting every spelling?

Bettye has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Bettye?

About 8,300 people born in the US named Bettye are alive today, with a median age of 80; half are between 74 and 85. That makes Bettye a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Bettye by state

How common Bettye was among girls born in each state in 1931–1935, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Tennessee (6.7×), Arkansas (4.2×), Alabama (4.1×), Mississippi (3.7×), Texas (3.1×). In 29 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesIL0.14Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.81 per 1,000 babiesIN0.81Ohio: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesOH0.09Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesCA0.10Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.45 per 1,000 babiesMO0.45Kentucky: 1.5 per 1,000 babiesKY1.5West Virginia: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesWV0.06Virginia: 0.37 per 1,000 babiesVA0.37Maryland: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesMD0.09Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesNM0.25Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: 2.9 per 1,000 babiesAR2.9Tennessee: 4.6 per 1,000 babiesTN4.6North Carolina: 0.77 per 1,000 babiesNC0.77South Carolina: 0.49 per 1,000 babiesSC0.49District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesOK1.4Louisiana: 1.6 per 1,000 babiesLA1.6Mississippi: 2.6 per 1,000 babiesMS2.6Alabama: 2.9 per 1,000 babiesAL2.9Georgia: 1.4 per 1,000 babiesGA1.4Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 2.1 per 1,000 babiesTX2.1Florida: 1.9 per 1,000 babiesFL1.9
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Bettye, girls, 1931–1935. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Bettye: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Bettye, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Bettye

How popular is the name Bettye?

Bettye was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1933, when it ranked 220th with 763 babies. More babies were named Bettye in the 1930s than in any other decade.

Is Bettye a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 22,920 girls and 47 boys.

Where was Bettye most popular?

In 1931–1935, Bettye was most common in Tennessee (4.65 per 1,000 girls), followed by Arkansas and Alabama.