How rare is the name Bettina?

6,807 people in the United States have the first name Bettina, about 1 in 44,371. It ranks #3,187 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BETTINA

#3,187

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,807
About
1 in 44,371
This common or more
81.8%
Who bears it

Of the 6,807 people named Bettina, 67.5% reported their origin as White, 15.7% as Black and 9.1% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bettina peaked in 1965, when 192 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19032025
Peak year
1965
Births that year
192
In 2025*
9 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,482 babies have been given the name since 1903. 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.

Bettina by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,368. The largest share of babies named Bettina, 31.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#2,99936
1910s#2,334248
1920s#3,038248
1930s#2,904224
1940s#1,969537
1950s#1,768909
1960s#1,3681,641
1970s#1,8451,115
1980s#2,194990
1990s#6,911249
2000s#13,531132
2010s#16,468103
2020s#18,07850
Greatest Generation 1901–277.5%
Silent Generation 1928–458.1%
Baby boom 1946–6431.7%
Generation X 1965–8031.6%
Millennials 1981–9615.8%
Generation Z 1997–123.4%
2013 and later1.9%

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 Bettina is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Bettina has been most common in New York (3.3×), California (1.7×), and Florida (1.5×), and least common in Tennessee (0.52×).

3,240 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 Bettina

#3,184 Chun · 6,820#3,186 Vida · 6,808#3,188 Giovani · 6,805#3,189 Imogene · 6,799

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bettina, most common first.

#10,129 Betina · 1,332#52,605 Bethina · 106

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