Betsi
Betsi is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), Welsh nurse Betsi DeVries, American politician Betsi Rivas, Venezuelan weightlifter
Meaning & Origin of Betsi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Betsi is a given name. Notable people with the given name include:Betsi Cadwaladr (1789–1860), Welsh nurse Betsi DeVries, American politician Betsi Rivas, Venezuelan weightlifter
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The Story of Betsi
American parents first put Betsi on the record books as a baby girl name in 1944, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2006, when 15 Betsis were born — ranking #7,868 that year. About 25% of every Betsi on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Betsi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 10 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 162 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Betsi
Betsi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1944 and has accumulated 162 births in the dataset. Betsi's peak popularity came in 2006 when it ranked #7,868. Use the chart and map above to compare Betsi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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