Betsy
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Betsy
This Elizabeth nickname has a decidedly retro feel--think Betsy Ross and the Betsy Wetsy doll-- once seen as a perkier, younger-sounding alternative to Betty. But with Betty on the brink of a comeback, pigtailed Betsy could return as well.
Betsy's height of popularity was from the forties to the sixties, when she was likely to be the radio, film or TV teenaged daughter.
Betsy, spelled Betsey, was a Dickens favorite, appearing in both David Copperfield (in which Aunt Betsey had wanted David to be named after her had he been a girl) and The Pickwick Papers.
Betsy is also given to boys.
Pronounced BET-zee.
As of October 2026, Betsy ranked #2724 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #228 in 1959, Nameberry popularity #695.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,605 | 134 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,696 | 125 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,899 | 106 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #2,039 | 96 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #2,062 | 94 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #2,055 | 92 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #2,081 | 88 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #2,591 | 67 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #2,211 | 85 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #2,352 | 77 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #2,404 | 75 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #2,724 | 63 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Betsy for girls
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Betsy on lists
Famous Betsys
- Elizabeth Griscom "Betsy" RossGirl
figure in the American Revolution
- Elisabeth Dee "Betsy" DeVosGirl
11th U.S. Secretary of Education
- Elizabeth Helen "Betsy" McCaugheyGirl
American politician, former lieutenant governor of New York
- Betsy Ann BrandtGirl
American actress
- Betsy Blair (born Elizabeth Winifred Boger)Girl
American actress
- Betsy YoderGirl
American reality TV personality ("Breaking Amish: LA")
- Betsy RuthGirl
ring name of MaryKate Duignan Glidewell, American pro wrestler
- Betsy Palmer (born Patricia Betsy Hrunek)Girl
American actress
- Betsy Gordon DrakeGirl
French,American actress
- Betsy MorganGirl
American Broadway actress
- Elizabeth Marie "Betsy" WolfeGirl
American Broadway actress
- Betsy BeutlerGirl
American actress
- Betsy JoslynGirl
American actress and singer
- Betsy RueGirl
American actress
- Elizabeth A. "Betsy" HodgesGirl
American politician; 47th mayor of Minneapolis
- Lucia Elizabeth ″Betsy″ Balcombe AbellGirl
friend of Napoleon I during his exile at Saint Helena
- Helen Elizabeth "Betsy" NagelsenGirl
American tennis player
- Betsy WoodruffGirl
American political reporter
- Betsy KingGirl
American pro golfer
- Elizabeth Earle "Betsy" RawlsGirl
American pro golfer
- Betsy May RandleGirl
American actress
- Betsy Mack Tyrell (b. 2018)Girl
daughter of American singer/songwriter Hillary Scott, twin to Emory JoAnn; sister to Eisele Kaye
Betsy in pop culture
- Betsy Warrington RayGirl
main character in the Betsy,Tacy series by Maud Hart Lovelace
- BetsyGirl
main character in the B is for Betsy series by Carolyn Haywood
- Elizabeth "Betsy" Braddock aka PsylockeGirl
Marvel comics character
- Betsy KelsoGirl
daughter of Michael Kelso on TV's "That 70's Show"
- BetsyGirl
character in the movie "Taxi Driver"
- Betsy HopperGirl
character in movie "Betsy's Wedding"
- Betsy CramerGirl
character on American soap "One Life to Live"
- Betsy StewartGirl
character on American soap "As the World Turns"
- Betsy Chernak TaylorGirl
character on American soap "Love is a Many Splendored Thing"
- Betsy aka BetGirl
character in "Oliver Twist" by Charles Dickens
- Betsy ButterburGirl
character in film The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug
- Betsy BobbinGirl
character in L. Frank Baum's Oz books
- "The BetsyGirl
" 1978 film
- Betsy JobsGirl
character in the 1999 comedy film "Dick" about President Richard Nixon