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Bettie

Gender
Girl
Say it
BET-ee
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,642 for girls
US rank, 2025
#9,454 for girls

Bettie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “my God is an oath”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).

What does Bettie mean?

Hebrew: pet form of Elizabeth

“my God is an oath”

Like Betty, it began as a pet form of Elizabeth.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Bettie a girl's or a boy's name?

Bettie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Bettie in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,642among girls
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 67% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Bettie, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Bettie of any year since it first appeared, in 2001.

Half of all the girls named Bettie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 142 girls in the UK were given Bettie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #352, up from #1,642 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.

2001Busiest: 19 in 20252025
Bettie in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202519#1,642
202411#2,480
202310#2,640
20224#4,870
20218#3,082
20205#4,110
201910#2,590
20189#2,825
20179#2,864
20168#3,105
201510#2,629
201410#2,618
20139#2,796
20127#3,471
20118#3,041
20109#2,741
20095#4,141
20083#5,772
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20013#4,156

How popular is Bettie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,454among girls
Babies in 2025
10about 1 in 160,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Bettie, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1924, with 1,228 girls.

Half of all the girls named Bettie in the US since 1880 were born between 1922 and 1943, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 222 girls in the US were given Bettie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #990, up from #9,454 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 1,228 in 19242025
Bettie in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202510#9,454
202412#8,438
202312#8,481
202210#9,674
202111#8,973
202010#9,541
201910#9,730
20187#12,459
20170–
20167#12,871
20159#10,861
201417#6,985
201313#8,575
201214#8,204
201117#7,115
201013#8,697
200913#8,884
200814#8,525
200712#9,535
200610#10,606
20058#11,828
20046#14,172
20030–
20028#11,102
20019#10,095
20008#10,738
19999#9,472
19989#9,254
19978#9,797
199610#8,127
19956#11,778
19947#10,563
199311#7,491
19920–
199111#7,423
199011#7,297
198920#4,516
198811#6,661
198719#4,280
198614#5,185
198516#4,633
198414#4,965
198324#3,339
198217#4,346
198117#4,343
198023#3,506
197926#3,147
197818#3,924
197727#2,908
197620#3,406
197528#2,680
197429#2,556
197336#2,171
197232#2,311
197153#1,709
197053#1,719
196966#1,440
196863#1,418
196762#1,399
196668#1,312
196575#1,240
196498#1,103
1963100#1,082
1962118#985
1961145#895
1960174#775
1959229#663
1958205#689
1957272#585
1956246#610
1955279#547
1954321#494
1953326#475
1952371#444
1951490#362
1950437#386
1949538#335
1948616#308
1947649#307
1946679#282
1945691#255
1944719#251
1943782#245
1942724#256
1941732#234
1940747#225
1939776#214
1938869#201
1937762#218
1936825#203
1935831#205
1934916#196
1933921#185
1932999#183
19311,032#177
19301,005#191
19291,029#190
19281,098#186
19271,072#190
19261,183#178
19251,204#181
19241,228#183
19231,058#197
1922868#219
1921818#228
1920777#232
1919608#259
1918522#273
1917447#291
1916339#332
1915347#317
1914256#328
1913216#325
1912191#327
1911153#316
1910166#300
1909137#312
1908130#311
1907157#278
1906110#317
1905128#294
1904155#252
1903123#282
1902145#259
1901111#281
1900167#250
1899135#239
1898150#240
1897138#239
1896125#255
1895133#239
1894118#249
1893129#230
1892155#202
1891138#194
1890136#204
1889144#188
1888169#172
1887117#183
1886141#164
1885127#162
1884118#164
1883130#145
1882136#131
1881103#148
1880113#138

Names like Bettie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Elsie Annie Lottie Bonnie Nellie Rosie Frankie Winnie Hattie Florence Effie Beatrice

Other spellings of Bettie

Betty Beti

Names related to Bettie

Bette

More Hebrew names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Bettie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bettie, updated 20 October 2026.