first name
BETSY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 37,502 people named Betsy, 76% reported their origin as White, 16.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.9% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Betsy peaked in 1959, when 1,390 babies got the name.
At least 48,957 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Betsy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #470. The largest share of babies named Betsy, 39%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Betsy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Betsy has been most common in North Carolina (2.4×), Connecticut (2.1×), and Hawaii (1.8×), and least common in New Mexico (0.23×).
43,391 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Betsy
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Betsy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Betsy ranks #152,339 of 156,621, with 106 people. See Betsy as a last name
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