Betty dog name

We found 540 dogs named Betty in the public pet registers of 24 places. Combining all places, Betty is the #239 dog name. Almost all dogs named Betty are female.

🐱 Betty is also a cat name (#262 for cats, 30 cats).

Betty as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #443 of 51,228 150 3.7 2003–2026
New York City United States #192 of 34,500 249 7.5 2014–2025
Toronto Canada #194 of 10,500 41 8.3 2019
Seattle United States #186 of 8,191 21 8.2 2026
Playford Australia #362 of 4,586 7 4.2 2015
Cambridge United States #339 of 4,375 6 4.7 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #154 of 4,602 11 9.0 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #607 of 5,788 2 2.0 2025
Noosa Australia #255 of 3,045 6 6.3 2017
Laval Canada #335 of 2,965 4 4.7 2017–2026
Worcester United States #233 of 2,906 5 6.8 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #779 of 2,440 1 1.6 2026
Basel Switzerland #219 of 3,446 4 6.3 2026
Victoria Canada #161 of 2,588 6 9.9 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #140 of 1,974 7 13 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #216 of 2,062 4 7.6 2016
Burnside Australia #364 of 1,888 2 3.9 2015
Framingham United States #580 of 1,965 1 2.3 2020
Richmond United States #585 of 2,347 1 2.4 2018
Tacoma United States #170 of 1,917 3 8.3 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #115 of 1,161 4 15 2023
Adelaide Australia #110 of 958 2 13 2014
Prospect Australia #88 of 518 2 19 2016
Burlington United States #122 of 641 1 11 2022

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Betty. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

99% female

450 female and 4 male dogs named Betty, in the places that record sex.

Betty over the years

Toronto
2012
2015
2020
2025
New York City
2015
2017
2019
2021
2023
2025
Allegheny County – rising
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025

Dogs named Betty per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Betty

Compared to all dogs, Betty is especially common among French Bulldogs (3.2×), Staffordshire Bull Terriers (2.9×), English Bulldogs (2.9×), Boston Terriers (2.2×) and Beagles (2.0×).

Based on 425 dogs named Betty with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Betty as a baby name

Betty was the #1113 girls' name in the US in 2025 (212 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #213 for girls in Sweden, #391 for girls in England and Wales, #718 for girls in Ireland and #780 for girls in Scotland. See Betty as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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