Name meaning & stats
Betty
Betty means “my God is an oath”. 361,519 US babies since 1940, peak 1940.
What it means
“my God is an oath”
Well documented
A short form of Elizabeth.
In US birth records
Peak year: 1940
361,519 US babies were named Betty between 1940 and 2025. Betty is often a nickname, so many people called Betty are registered under a longer name.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Betty (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 94% of the family
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1940)