Quick answers about Betsey
How many people are named Betsey?
An estimated 1,191 living Americans are named Betsey.
How rare is Betsey?
Betsey fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Betsey?
The median age of a living American named Betsey is approximately 60 years, with most bearers falling between 47 and 71 years old.
Is Betsey still popular?
Not especially. Betsey has been declining since its 1942 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Betsey most common?
Betsey has its strongest geographic signal in Massachusetts, where it appears 6.6× more often than the national baseline.
1884Peak 19422025
Where it lives now
Betsey is most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 6.6× the national rate in the 1940s. It also runs high in New York.
States where Betsey is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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