Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Bety isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1925. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Bety through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 44
- 0 boys · 44 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 7 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 5 in 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 7 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 651 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Bety’s family of names
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Bety, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Betty
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Bethel
“of the house of God” · “the house of God”
4% boys · 96% girls
Bernice
“one who brings victory”
>99% girls
Bessie
“my God is bountiful” · “God is my oath”
>99% girls
Bertha
“one who is famously bright and beautiful”
>99% girls
Ailene
“light-bearer” · “from the green meadow”
>99% girls
Elenore
“shining light”
>99% girls
Ellouise
>99% girls