Betsy Girl
How popular is Betsy?
#2,719 girl name in 2025
63 baby girls were named Betsy in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
Betsy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,719 for girls (▼ 306 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 63 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-50% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,695 in 2015, #2,065 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1959 (1,390 girls) |
| Highest rank | #228 in 1959 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Betsy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Betsy family of names ranked #1,971 for girls in 2025 (#1,890 the year before), with 69 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Betsy | 63 | 91% |
| Betzy | 6 | 9% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Betsy is most popular
Babies named Betsy per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (24 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Betsy by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 166 | #431 |
| 1890s | 173 | #526 |
| 1900s | 189 | #742 |
| 1910s | 841 | #516 |
| 1920s | 2,551 | #356 |
| 1930s | 3,929 | #272 |
| 1940s | 6,980 | #252 |
| 1950s | 10,561 | #228 |
| 1960s | 8,558 | #247 |
| 1970s | 5,461 | #350 |
| 1980s | 4,059 | #413 |
| 1990s | 2,014 | #738 |
| 2000s | 1,805 | #747 |
| 2010s | 1,204 | #1,468 |
| 2020s | 456 | #2,065 |
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Questions
- Is Betsy a boy or girl name?
- Betsy is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Betsy were girls.
- How popular is the name Betsy?
- 63 baby girls were named Betsy in the US in 2025, making it the 2719th most popular girl name.
- When was Betsy most popular?
- Betsy peaked in 1959, when 1,390 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #228 in 1959.
- How many people are named Betsy?
- 48,957 babies have been named Betsy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 36,247 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 62.
- Where is Betsy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Betsy was most common in Pennsylvania, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.