as a First Name
Pet form of Elizabeth, dating from the 18th century. In the 17th century it is also found occasionally as a pet form of Beatrice. It is now used as a name in its own right.
| 57th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 720,813
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 983,607
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- West Virginia
- has the most people named Betty per capita
- 1930
- marked the height of its popularity
99.86%
0.14%
87%
55+
55+
12%
30-54
30-54
0.77%
13-29
13-29
0.28%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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