Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Betsy

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

Endangered Down 94.6% from peak

Peak era

1959

Peak rank proxy

1,390

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19592024

Peak year

1959

Decline from peak

94.6%

2024

All-time

48,881

Betsy once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1959, when 1,390 girls were named Betsy.

In 2024, only 75 girls were given the name.

Down 94.6% from its peak.

All told, about 48,881 Americans have been named Betsy and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 94.6% from peak

19591,390 girls named Betsy

202475 girls named Betsy

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