Bettina
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Bettina is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Bettina mean?
Germanic
A female given name from German.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bettina a girl's or a boy's name?
Bettina is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bettina in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 7 girls.
Bettina in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Bettina in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,104th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Bettina, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1965, with 192 girls. It first appears in the records in 1903.
Half of all the girls named Bettina in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bettina in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 17 | #7,027 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 32 | #3,413 |
| 1991 | 46 | #2,614 |
| 1990 | 30 | #3,518 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 60 | #1,982 |
| 1987 | 72 | #1,677 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,735 |
| 1985 | 93 | #1,381 |
| 1984 | 102 | #1,255 |
| 1983 | 110 | #1,183 |
| 1982 | 127 | #1,107 |
| 1981 | 159 | #937 |
| 1980 | 158 | #948 |
| 1979 | 149 | #966 |
| 1978 | 139 | #992 |
| 1977 | 75 | #1,468 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,252 |
| 1975 | 79 | #1,350 |
| 1974 | 103 | #1,124 |
| 1973 | 121 | #980 |
| 1972 | 122 | #982 |
| 1971 | 120 | #1,026 |
| 1970 | 118 | #1,042 |
| 1969 | 108 | #1,054 |
| 1968 | 176 | #746 |
| 1967 | 147 | #826 |
| 1966 | 153 | #800 |
| 1965 | 192 | #714 |
| 1964 | 167 | #808 |
| 1963 | 189 | #749 |
| 1962 | 168 | #806 |
| 1961 | 168 | #809 |
| 1960 | 173 | #776 |
| 1959 | 112 | #996 |
| 1958 | 115 | #960 |
| 1957 | 139 | #862 |
| 1956 | 126 | #887 |
| 1955 | 83 | #1,098 |
| 1954 | 81 | #1,092 |
| 1953 | 59 | #1,260 |
| 1952 | 62 | #1,209 |
| 1951 | 62 | #1,182 |
| 1950 | 70 | #1,098 |
| 1949 | 64 | #1,134 |
| 1948 | 59 | #1,172 |
| 1947 | 86 | #957 |
| 1946 | 71 | #996 |
| 1945 | 67 | #925 |
| 1944 | 58 | #1,028 |
| 1943 | 43 | #1,227 |
| 1942 | 34 | #1,387 |
| 1941 | 26 | #1,538 |
| 1940 | 29 | #1,404 |
| 1939 | 22 | #1,638 |
| 1938 | 18 | #1,873 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,416 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 16 | #2,005 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,481 |
| 1933 | 25 | #1,470 |
| 1932 | 30 | #1,346 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1930 | 17 | #2,022 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,765 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,737 |
| 1927 | 17 | #2,168 |
| 1926 | 34 | #1,356 |
| 1925 | 18 | #2,118 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,679 |
| 1923 | 25 | #1,672 |
| 1922 | 30 | #1,508 |
| 1921 | 26 | #1,668 |
| 1920 | 28 | #1,550 |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,745 |
| 1918 | 34 | #1,299 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1916 | 35 | #1,210 |
| 1915 | 35 | #1,153 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,059 |
| 1913 | 24 | #1,120 |
| 1912 | 17 | #1,297 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 16 | #1,110 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
Names like Bettina
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Billie, Jessica, Rebecca, Bonnie, Betsy, Melissa, Georgina, Robyn, Bobbie, Francesca, Sara, Martha
Names related to Bettina
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Bettina: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bettina, updated 20 October 2026.