The baby name Betty appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1930 with 58,217 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Betty has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 1,878 |
| 1911 | 1,923 |
| 1912 | 2,569 |
| 1913 | 2,873 |
| 1914 | 3,745 |
| 1915 | 5,315 |
| 1916 | 6,512 |
| 1917 | 8,510 |
| 1918 | 11,317 |
| 1919 | 12,820 |
| 1920 | 17,765 |
| 1921 | 22,657 |
| 1922 | 24,034 |
| 1923 | 34,443 |
| 1923 | 12 |
| 1924 | 41,747 |
| 1924 | 24 |
| 1925 | 45,506 |
| 1925 | 46 |
| 1926 | 47,632 |
| 1926 | 51 |
| 1927 | 51,896 |
| 1927 | 54 |
| 1928 | 55,240 |
| 1928 | 70 |
| 1929 | 55,264 |
| 1929 | 158 |
| 1930 | 58,217 |
| 1930 | 121 |
| 1931 | 53,963 |
| 1931 | 117 |
| 1932 | 52,059 |
| 1932 | 125 |
| 1933 | 47,498 |
| 1933 | 128 |
| 1934 | 44,120 |
| 1934 | 160 |
| 1935 | 39,419 |
| 1935 | 167 |
| 1936 | 36,735 |
| 1936 | 69 |
| 1937 | 35,784 |
| 1937 | 93 |
| 1938 | 36,034 |
| 1938 | 86 |
| 1939 | 28,838 |
| 1939 | 119 |
| 1940 | 29,424 |
| 1940 | 105 |
| 1941 | 23,274 |
| 1941 | 115 |
| 1942 | 24,515 |
| 1942 | 76 |
| 1943 | 29,145 |
| 1943 | 29 |
| 1944 | 22,554 |
| 1944 | 30 |
| 1945 | 20,915 |
| 1945 | 16 |
| 1946 | 22,504 |
| 1946 | 5 |
| 1947 | 22,472 |
| 1947 | 20 |
| 1948 | 19,716 |
| 1948 | 5 |
| 1949 | 17,655 |
| 1949 | 15 |
| 1950 | 16,578 |
| 1950 | 18 |
| 1951 | 16,454 |
| 1951 | 7 |
| 1952 | 16,181 |
| 1953 | 15,191 |
| 1954 | 13,516 |
| 1955 | 12,317 |
| 1956 | 12,035 |
| 1957 | 11,035 |
| 1958 | 9,946 |
| 1959 | 9,659 |
| 1960 | 8,665 |
| 1961 | 7,599 |
| 1962 | 6,587 |
| 1963 | 4,895 |
| 1964 | 5,127 |
| 1965 | 4,586 |
| 1966 | 3,736 |
| 1967 | 3,285 |
| 1968 | 2,684 |
| 1969 | 2,646 |
| 1970 | 2,504 |
| 1971 | 2,228 |
| 1972 | 1,684 |
| 1973 | 1,551 |
| 1974 | 1,373 |
| 1975 | 1,228 |
| 1976 | 1,064 |
| 1977 | 957 |
| 1978 | 836 |
| 1979 | 816 |
| 1980 | 722 |
| 1981 | 662 |
| 1982 | 624 |
| 1983 | 595 |
| 1984 | 550 |
| 1985 | 616 |
| 1986 | 466 |
| 1987 | 517 |
| 1988 | 471 |
| 1989 | 478 |
| 1990 | 392 |
| 1991 | 422 |
| 1992 | 253 |
| 1993 | 278 |
| 1994 | 219 |
| 1995 | 154 |
| 1996 | 166 |
| 1997 | 153 |
| 1998 | 147 |
| 1999 | 155 |
| 2000 | 95 |
| 2001 | 96 |
| 2002 | 52 |
| 2003 | 98 |
| 2004 | 100 |
| 2005 | 78 |
| 2006 | 99 |
| 2007 | 63 |
| 2008 | 128 |
| 2009 | 44 |
| 2010 | 50 |
| 2011 | 86 |
| 2012 | 85 |
| 2013 | 85 |
| 2014 | 85 |
| 2015 | 166 |
| 2016 | 113 |
| 2017 | 144 |
| 2018 | 136 |
| 2019 | 110 |
| 2020 | 153 |
| 2021 | 185 |
| 2022 | 163 |
| 2023 | 173 |
| 2024 | 250 |