Betty
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Betty
Combine the popularity of Betty White and Mad Men's glamorous Betty Draper Francis, with the residual sweetness of Ugly Betty's Betty Suarez, and the result is an impending return of the name. It's got presidential cred via Betty Ford and feminist history through Betty Friedan.
Betty's image is still very World War II, when Betty Grable was a hot pin-up girl and Betty was the all-American girls' name blanketing the country, second only to Mary from 1928 to 1934.
So yes, Betty has been out for so long now that we are starting to imagine a new generation of adorable baby Bettys. We may be on the precipice of a Betty wave, thanks to Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, who recently chose it for their third daughter.
Bette Davis pronounced her name 'Betty,' while Bette Midler is 'Bet.'
Betty is also given to boys.
Pronounced BET-ee.
As of October 2026, Betty ranked #1113 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2 in 1933, Nameberry popularity #597.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,240 | 196 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,268 | 192 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #1,328 | 179 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,319 | 177 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #1,131 | 216 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,383 | 162 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,176 | 197 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,189 | 205 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,157 | 210 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,184 | 202 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,008 | 253 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,113 | 212 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Betty for girls
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Betty on lists
Famous Bettys
- Elizabeth Ann "Betty" FordGirl
First Lady of the U.S. as wife of President Gerald Ford
- Betty Marion WhiteGirl
American actress and comedian
- Elizabeth Ruth "Betty" GrableGirl
American actress
- Elizabeth "Betty" CuthbertGirl
Australian Olympic runner
- Betty Mae PageGirl
birth name of model Bettie Page
- Elisabeth Lillian "Betty" (Wehner) SmithGirl
American novelist
- Elizabeth "Betty" ParrisGirl
accuser in the 1692 Salem witch trials
- Betty Friedan (born Bettye Naomi Goldstein)Girl
American feminist author
- Betty X (born Zoe PierceGirl
Gibson), American musician, artist, and activist
- Betty Louise McCollumGirl
U.S. Congresswoman from Minnesota
- Betty BooGirl
stage name of Alison Moira Clarkson, English pop singer
- Betty WhoGirl
stage name of Jessica Anne Newham, Australian singer
- Betty Lynn BuckleyGirl
American actress
- Betty HarrisGirl
American soul singer
- Elizabeth June "Betty" HuttonGirl
American actress
- Betty Shabazz (born Betty Dean Sanders)Girl
American educator and civil rights activist; wife of Malcolm X
- Hedvig Kristina Elisabeth "Betty" DelandGirl
Swedish actress
- Elizabeth Mary "Betty" DriverGirl
English actress
- Betty Margaret Hannah KennedyGirl
Canadian author and senator
- Betty Flippina StöveGirl
Dutch tennis player
- Betty WilliamsGirl
Northern Irish winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Betty MoschonaGirl
Greek actress
- Betty JacksonGirl
English fashion designer
- Betty Lou GersonGirl
American actress
- Betty Lou BredemusGirl
American actress; mother of actress Julia Roberts
- Betty Lou HollandGirl
American actress
- Betty Lou KeimGirl
American actress
- Elizabeth Folan "Betty" GilpinGirl
American actress
- Baciliky Andris "Betty" CantrellGirl
Miss America 2016
- Betty LinGirl
Fisher, 5th wife of singer Eddie Fisher
- Betty CornellGirl
American 1950s model who wrote a "Teen,age Popularity Guide"
- Betty EverettGirl
American singer
- Betty Ann BobbittGirl
Australian actress
- Betty Boogie ParkerGirl
American voice actress; daughter of "South Park" creator Trey Parker
- Betty Reynolds (b. 2019)Girl
daughter of Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds
- Betty AberlinGirl
American actress
Betty in pop culture
- Betty CrockerGirl
food brand and its mascot
- Betty BoopGirl
animated character
- Elizabeth "Betty" DraperGirl
character on TV's "Mad Men"
- Beatriz "Ugly" Betty SuarezGirl
title character on TV's "Ugly Betty"
- Elizabeth "Betty" CooperGirl
blonde good girl in Archie comics and TV's Riverdale
- Elizabeth "Betty" RossGirl
character in The Hulk series
- Betty RizzoGirl
character in musical "Grease"
- Betty RubbleGirl
character on animated series "The Flintstones"
- "Betty BlueGirl
" 1986 French movie and its main character
- "Atomic BettyGirl
" animated series and its main character
- BettyGirl
character on TV's "The Naked Brothers Band"
- Betty EagletonGirl
character on British soap opera "Emmerdale'
- Betty SlugGirl
main character in Canadian comic strip "Betty"by Gary Delainey and Gerry Rasmussen
- Betty SpaghettyGirl
bendable rubber doll
- Betty SpencerGirl
character on British sitcom "Some Mothers do 'ave 'em"
- Betty WilliamsGirl
character on British soap opera "Coronation Street"
- "Brickhouse BettyGirl
" web series and its main character
- Betty QuinlanGirl
minor character in animated series "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron"
- Betty NewbieGirl
character in The Sims video games
- Betty BotGirl
character in The Sims video games
- "BettyGirl
" retro expression for an attractive girl
- Brown bettyGirl
fruit dessert
- Betty de FammeGirl
character in the video game "Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice"
- “BettyGirl
” song by Taylor Swift
- Betty RamseyGirl
character from “I Love Lucy”