Betsy
Betsy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 75 births. Its best rank was 228th, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 750.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19591,390 births
- Best rank
- #228in 1959
- Since 1880
- 48,881people given the name
The story in the numbers
48,881 girls have been named Betsy in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 1,390 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 22%. It has spent 114 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Betsy | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 166 | |
| 1890s | 173 | |
| 1900s | 189 | |
| 1910s | 841 | |
| 1920s | 2,551 | |
| 1930s | 3,929 | |
| 1940s | 6,980 | |
| 1950s | 10,561 | |
| 1960s | 8,558 | |
| 1970s | 5,461 | |
| 1980s | 4,058 | |
| 1990s | 2,014 | |
| 2000s | 1,805 | |
| 2010s | 1,203 | |
| 2020s | 392 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Betsy was the 228th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Betsy
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jeaniepeak 1957
- Janettepeak 1953
- Carleenpeak 1961
- Francinapeak 1950
- Rositapeak 1966
- Andreepeak 1960
- Annitapeak 1956
- Mariannepeak 1957
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.