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Baby name
Betty
Girl
Origin of the name
Betty is a pet form of Elizabeth.
Short-lived name
1,001,238births since 1880
1930sgeneration
No. 2rank at its peak, in 1930
Where babies named Betty are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Betty is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Betty is most common in West Virginia (2.9 times), Arkansas (2.2) and Oklahoma (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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