Bettina

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Bettina: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Bettina: Recorded since 1959, it reached #200 in 1995, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
64times a registrar ranked it
64years from first to last
#200highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3848
1999	#3225
2000	#3912
2001	#3262
2006	#5061
2008	#4524
2010	#3156
2012	#5876
2013	#5742
2015	#4736
2016	#5785
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 51 of the 54 years from 1959 to 2012.

In 2012: #460 among girls in Norway, #5876 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1959–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #407 among girls in Norway in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1959–2012
Highest recorded position: #200 among girls in Norway, in 1995 (recorded 1959–2012).
Norway · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Bettina appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 51 years beginning in 1959, and has registered 678 births with the name.

Bettina across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Bettina's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#407 (1959)	#200 (1995)	#460 (2012)	51 of 54	678 (1959–2012)	29 (1990)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#3156 (2010)	#5669 (2022)	13 of 27	47 (1996–2022)	7 (2010)

Bettina by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Bettina in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1950s	5	1 of 10	5
1960s	64	8 of 10	8
1970s	94	10 of 10	9
1980s	128	10 of 10	13
1990sbusiest	235	10 of 10	24
2000s	141	10 of 10	14
2010s	11	2 of 10	6

Across Norway · Girls, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 24 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Bettina appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1959 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #200 in Norway in 1995.

Bettina's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#5876	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#3912	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3848	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#460	7	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#582	4	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#407	10	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#272	19	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#261	19	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#384	10	High	Verified
2005	Norway	female	#420	8	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#342	12	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#354	10	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#247	18	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#256	17	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#254	18	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#243	18	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#290	14	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#230	20	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#208	25	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#200	27	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#202	28	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#231	22	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#207	27	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#231	25	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#204	29	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#259	20	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#270	19	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#248	21	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#264	18	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#303	15	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#637	4	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#379	10	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#416	9	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#618	4	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#441	8	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#439	8	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#455	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#491	6	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#418	8	High	Verified
1975	Norway	female	#340	11	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#370	10	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#335	11	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#360	10	High	Verified
1971	Norway	female	#373	9	High	Verified
1970	Norway	female	#278	14	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#485	5	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#270	15	High	Verified
1967	Norway	female	#343	9	High	Verified
1966	Norway	female	#464	5	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#367	8	High	Verified
1964	Norway	female	#284	12	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#452	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#439	5	High	Verified
1959	Norway	female	#407	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1959 and 2022, ranked in 55 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #200, first reached in 1995.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 29 births, registered in Norway in 1990.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 37 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Betsy · #132, 29y
Bettie · #2411, 18y
Betty · #200, 58y
Beulah · #2411, 24y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Anni · #200, 56y
Frederik · #192, 55y
Donnchadh · #212, 54y
Carsten · #214, 57y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Fride · #200, 60y
Waldemar · #201, 44y
Wieslaw · #197, 31y
Stephan · #196, 64y

Bettina was ranked #200 in Norway · Girls in 1995. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Bettina and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Bettina without appearing here.

Bettina moved ahead of

Martine Compare
In 2009 they stood at #5061 and #2509 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Finn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.
Rian Compare
In 2014 they stood at #5876 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2015 that had become #4736 and #5730.
Grace Compare
In 1985 they stood at #637 and #600 in Norway · Girls; by 1986 that had become #264 and #647.

Moved ahead of Bettina

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3225 and #3900 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #5876 and #1893.
Oda Compare
In 1983 they stood at #379 and #423 in Norway · Girls; by 1984 that had become #637 and #245.
Silje Compare
In 1968 they stood at #270 and #299 in Norway · Girls; by 1969 that had become #485 and #221.
Emma Compare
In 1976 they stood at #418 and #422 in Norway · Girls; by 1977 that had become #491 and #240.

Moved the opposite way to Bettina

Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #284 to #460 while Alexandra went from #452 to #78.
Jessica Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #284 to #460 while Jessica went from #471 to #178.
Melissa Compare
Between 1964 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #284 to #460 while Melissa went from #527 to #141.
Natalie Compare
Between 1968 and 2012 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #270 to #460 while Natalie went from #514 to #103.

Moved the same way as Bettina

Grete Compare
Between 1959 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #407 to #582 and Grete from #26 to #558.
Jorunn Compare
Between 1959 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #407 to #582 and Jorunn from #37 to #489.
Trine Compare
Between 1959 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #407 to #582 and Trine from #65 to #507.
Unni Compare
Between 1959 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Bettina went from #407 to #582 and Unni from #22 to #613.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1959 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #200 in Norway in 1995. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Bettina

Bettina at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Bettina across 2 official records

Bettina by decade in Norway · Girls

Bettina appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Bettina

Bettina and the names beside it

Bettina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bettina

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Bettina at a glance

Bettina across 2 official records

Bettina by decade in Norway · Girls

Bettina appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Bettina

Bettina and the names beside it

Bettina moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Bettina

Moved the opposite way to Bettina

Moved the same way as Bettina