Betta

Girls' name

My God is an oath, through Elisabetta

Betta has been given to 78 babies in the U.S. since 1919. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1919, with 8 recorded.

Babies named Betta, 1956

1 in 589,000

Betta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Betta: meaning, origin, and history

My God is an oath, through Elisabetta

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Betta means

Betta belongs to the name family reached through Betta → Elisabetta. Its meaning is “my God is an oath”.

Origin, language, and formation

Betta is used in Faroese and Italian.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Elisabetta.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Italian, Betta is pronounced /ˈbet.ta/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 78 girls were recorded with the name Betta between 1919 and 1956. Its highest annual count was 8 in 1919; its best national rank was #3,499 in 1919.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Betta?

Betta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1956, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1956: 1 in 589,000; 7 of 4,122,003 births
Among girls only: 1 in 287,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1956: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 408,166 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Betta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1956 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 408,166 children born in 1956 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Betta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Bettas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Betta was born before 1927 — so the typical Betta is around 98 today.

Median birth year: 1927; About 98 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 52.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 37.2%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 13; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 52.6% of all recorded uses (41).

Is Betta rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1919 (8)
Years since peak: 106; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 29.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,499; 1919

Spellings of Betta

Betta is not the most common spelling — Betty is, with 53.8% against Betta's <0.01%.

Betty53.8%1,001,238
Bertha11.2%207,870
Beth8.6%159,430
Bella4.5%83,721
Betsy2.6%48,947
Etta2.3%43,268
Bettie2.1%38,395
Bette1.9%34,897

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Betta by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,499; 1919
Peak year: 1919; 8 that year
First recorded: 1919
Last recorded: 1956
All-time count: 78
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Betta

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Betul Betel Betzi Betsi Bethe Bethan Anitta Bethyl Betselot Bettey Betzy Betzabe Bety Betha Suetta Yitta Betrice Bethia Betsie Bethsy Betania Lunetta Bettsy Vetta

Sibling names for Betta

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Lovie Hortense Lue Theda Rubye Winnifred Johnie Norine

For a brother

Casimir Edd Ora Mahlon Verne Haywood Wilber Dee

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