Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Betty

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

Endangered Down 99.3% from peak

Peak era

1930

Peak rank proxy

38,238

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Silent Generation

1880Peak 19302024

Peak year

1930

Decline from peak

99.3%

2024

253

All-time

1,001,019

Betty 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 1930, when 38,238 girls were named Betty.

In 2024, only 253 girls were given the name.

Down 99.3% from its peak.

All told, about 1,001,019 Americans have been named Betty and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationSilent Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.3% from peak

193038,238 girls named Betty

2024253 girls named Betty

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