BETTY is ranked as the 31st most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 1,326,700.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 416.08 people named BETTY for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named BETTY is 533,747.
The SSA data also shows that BETTY is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BETTY is
78.8% White,
3.3% Hispanic origin,
14.3% Black,
1.4% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.7% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BETTY have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BETTY is included in the following name categories:
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
English surname
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BETTY
The state with the most people named
BETTY is
California where
88,477 people have this name.
West Virginia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BETTY, as
1251.7 in every 100,000
West Virginians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Georgia.
West Virginia is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Rhode Island
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BETTY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
61,039
473.88
100.0%
Indiana
47,778
724.25
100.0%
Iowa
11,614
373.79
99.9%
Kansas
21,807
750.93
99.9%
Michigan
30,260
305.35
99.9%
Minnesota
12,665
232.07
99.8%
Missouri
29,788
994.9
100.0%
Nebraska
12,306
654.04
99.9%
North Dakota
4,383
592.66
99.8%
Ohio
80,412
693.55
100.0%
South Dakota
5,695
667.48
99.7%
Wisconsin
15,672
272.19
99.8%
West States
State stats for the first name BETTY
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
2,835
384.82
99.3%
Arizona
34,317
509.79
99.9%
California
88,477
228.02
100.0%
Colorado
24,197
451.78
99.9%
Hawaii
3,408
240.05
99.8%
Idaho
9,244
565.6
99.9%
Montana
6,880
672.11
99.8%
Nevada
10,281
362.12
99.8%
New Mexico
10,214
489.75
99.8%
Oregon
22,467
565.87
99.9%
Utah
10,112
343.6
99.8%
Washington
19,243
272.5
99.9%
Wyoming
3,758
643.32
99.7%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BETTY
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BETTY as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BETTY.
The most popular full name is BETTY Smith.
1.08% of all the people named BETTY
have this family name.
There are 60255 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BETTY