Feminine dossier · first seen 1884

Betsey

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Betsey
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1942

Peak era

1942

Peak rank proxy

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Silent Generation

1884Peak 19422024

Peak year

1942

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

2,481

Betsey is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1942, when 62 girls were named Betsey.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 2,481 Americans have been named Betsey and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1884.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1942

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