NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Fading since the 1880s
In the United States 0 0.5 1 1.5 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 1882 per 1,000 babies of that sex 38,422 babies given this name since 1880 At its height in 1882, about 1 in 793 girls 10 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Betty Girl A diminutive of Elizabeth. Revolutions · peak 1930 Beatrice Girl From Latin Beatrix, probably an altered form of Viatrix 'voyager', reinterpreted as from beatus 'blessed'. Middle Ages · peak 1910 Betsy Girl Pet form of Elizabeth, from Hebrew 'my God is an oath'. Revolutions · peak 1959 · forgotten Bettye Girl A spelling of Betty, a pet form of Elizabeth, from Hebrew Elisheba, 'my God is an oath'. Modern · peak 1933 · forgotten Buddy Boy From the American informal word buddy 'friend', probably from 'brother'; used as a nickname, then as a given name. Modern · peak 1935 · forgotten Beatriz Girl From Latin Beatrix, probably an altered Viatrix 'female traveller', reshaped by association with beatus 'blessed'. Middle Ages · peak 1993 Bettina Girl Italian and German pet form of Elisabeth, from Hebrew Elisheva. Revolutions · peak 1965 · forgotten Bautista Boy Spanish 'baptist', after Saint John the Baptist, from Greek baptistēs. Modern Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.