Given name & surname
Beta
Beta is a feminine given name from English. It is used in Icelandic.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Beta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1993
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1993. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 294 as a first name in 2020; 165 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Beta’s family of names
In Greek usage, Beta as a surname is a transliteration of Μπετά.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Beta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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