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Betty is rare as a baby name for girls. At the peak of its usage in 1930, 3.280% of baby girls were given the name Betty. Its ranking then was #2. The baby name has since markedly fallen in popularity, and is used only on a very light scale today. Out of the group of girl names directly linked to Betty, the English Elizabeth was the most commonly used in 2007. Betty has predominantly been a girl name, although in the past century it has also been used for boys. Girls named Betty outnumbered boys by 437 times in 1946. Baby names that sound like Betty include the French and German Babette, the Hebrew Batya, the Hebrew Batyah, the Czech Béda, the English and Irish Biddie, the English and Irish Biddy, the German Beata, the German Beate, the English Bet, the English Beth, the English Bethia, and the English and Hebrew Bithiah. KEY: Pronunciation for Betty: B as in "be (B.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" Details of famous persons named Betty:
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