19401940: 704 births, rank #240
1941: 729 births, rank #236
1942: 742 births, rank #252
1943: 744 births, rank #257
1944: 712 births, rank #256
19451945: 669 births, rank #261
1946: 696 births, rank #278
1947: 738 births, rank #285
1948: 635 births, rank #304
1949: 610 births, rank #314
19501950: 480 births, rank #360
1951: 458 births, rank #383
1952: 407 births, rank #423
1953: 333 births, rank #468
1954: 275 births, rank #535
19551955: 255 births, rank #572
1956: 197 births, rank #682
1957: 147 births, rank #838
1958: 123 births, rank #932
19591959: 128 births, rank #922
Bettye rose from #932 to #922 for girls between 1958 and 1959. Its highest annual birth count came in 1933, with 763 births.