Bette
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1940 at #3,459
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1923 · 1,693 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 34,897since 1896
Bette over time
Rank among girls' names. Bette has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,247 | 15 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #10,866 | 9 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | — | |
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 | — | |
| 2009 | #17,294 | 5 | — | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | — | |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #13,442 | 5 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,976 | 12 | — | |
| 1990 | #11,409 | 6 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,277 | 12 | — | |
| 1987 | #8,778 | 7 | — | |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,911 | 11 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,571 | 12 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | — | |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,154 | 15 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,227 | 14 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,809 | 46 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,776 | 44 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,474 | 56 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,240 | 75 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,060 | 105 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,073 | 101 | — | |
| 1962 | #992 | 117 | — | |
| 1961 | #888 | 146 | — | |
| 1960 | #859 | 145 | — | |
| 1959 | #731 | 191 | — | |
| 1958 | #719 | 188 | — | |
| 1957 | #592 | 267 | — | |
| 1956 | #558 | 282 | — | |
| 1955 | #501 | 339 | — | |
| 1954 | #445 | 389 | — | |
| 1953 | #405 | 444 | — | |
| 1952 | #438 | 384 | — | |
| 1951 | #359 | 495 | — | |
| 1950 | #377 | 459 | — | |
| 1949 | #326 | 570 | — | |
| 1948 | #323 | 581 | — | |
| 1947 | #284 | 739 | — | |
| 1946 | #267 | 732 | — | |
| 1945 | #270 | 640 | — | |
| 1944 | #261 | 691 | — | |
| 1943 | #251 | 769 | — | |
| 1942 | #229 | 836 | — | |
| 1941 | #230 | 747 | — | |
| 1940 | #233 | 729 | #3,459 | 5 |
| 1939 | #228 | 736 | — | |
| 1938 | #225 | 742 | — | |
| 1937 | #239 | 685 | — | |
| 1936 | #227 | 717 | — | |
| 1935 | #245 | 658 | — | |
| 1934 | #231 | 741 | #3,679 | 5 |
| 1933 | #205 | 855 | — | |
| 1932 | #220 | 772 | — | |
| 1931 | #229 | 709 | — | |
| 1930 | #221 | 774 | — | |
| 1929 | #209 | 884 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1928 | #202 | 1,000 | — | |
| 1927 | #175 | 1,189 | — | |
| 1926 | #166 | 1,381 | — | |
| 1925 | #155 | 1,592 | — | |
| 1924 | #151 | 1,736 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #148 | 1,693 | — | |
| 1922 | #160 | 1,482 | — | |
| 1921 | #169 | 1,316 | — | |
| 1920 | #196 | 1,000 | — | |
| 1919 | #236 | 718 | — | |
| 1918 | #260 | 582 | — | |
| 1917 | #313 | 387 | — | |
| 1916 | #409 | 230 | — | |
| 1915 | #510 | 148 | — | |
| 1914 | #638 | 82 | — | |
| 1913 | #712 | 53 | — | |
| 1912 | #809 | 38 | — | |
| 1911 | #801 | 29 | — | |
| 1910 | #941 | 21 | — | |
| 1909 | #935 | 19 | — | |
| 1908 | #939 | 18 | — | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,154 | 11 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,204 | 9 | — | |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | — | |
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | — | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Bette! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Bette is popular in 1924
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#50 · 1 in 198
- Idaho#52 · 1 in 193
- Nebraska#56 · 1 in 226
- Iowa#56 · 1 in 239
- Oregon#59 · 1 in 222
Best ever in a state: #33 in Idaho, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #50 | 50 | 1 in 198 |
| Idaho | #52 | 20 | 1 in 193 |
| Iowa | #56 | 92 | 1 in 239 |
| Nebraska | #56 | 55 | 1 in 226 |
| Oregon | #59 | 28 | 1 in 222 |
| Wyoming | #63 | 8 | 1 in 220 |
| Montana | #65 | 17 | 1 in 241 |
| South Dakota | #65 | 27 | 1 in 235 |
| Indiana | #67 | 89 | 1 in 317 |
| Utah | #74 | 18 | 1 in 280 |
| Colorado | #81 | 27 | 1 in 341 |
| Michigan | #84 | 128 | 1 in 319 |
| Wisconsin | #87 | 72 | 1 in 350 |
| California | #89 | 100 | 1 in 379 |
| Minnesota | #90 | 69 | 1 in 331 |
| Ohio | #95 | 132 | 1 in 438 |
| Illinois | #96 | 149 | 1 in 417 |
| Oklahoma | #101 | 61 | 1 in 420 |
| Kansas | #110 | 37 | 1 in 448 |
| Pennsylvania | #121 | 166 | 1 in 599 |
| North Dakota | #127 | 12 | 1 in 539 |
| Vermont | #129 | 5 | 1 in 535 |
| Missouri | #130 | 57 | 1 in 564 |
| Florida | #150 | 20 | 1 in 667 |
| Arizona | #156 | 6 | 1 in 612 |
| Maryland | #157 | 15 | 1 in 960 |
| Connecticut | #159 | 13 | 1 in 1,009 |
| New Jersey | #183 | 26 | 1 in 1,230 |
| New York | #188 | 78 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Massachusetts | #218 | 16 | 1 in 2,343 |
| West Virginia | #231 | 15 | 1 in 1,437 |
| Tennessee | #242 | 18 | 1 in 1,660 |
| Texas | #349 | 32 | 1 in 1,950 |
| Alabama | #367 | 10 | 1 in 3,254 |
| Arkansas | #369 | 8 | 1 in 2,709 |
| Georgia | #381 | 9 | 1 in 3,814 |
| Louisiana | #387 | 8 | 1 in 3,043 |
| Virginia | #397 | 6 | 1 in 4,809 |
| Kentucky | #399 | 8 | 1 in 3,965 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| North Carolina | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bette
- 1,971 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #10,917)
- 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
- 51 spots since 2015 (#10,866 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 530 spots in 1902 (#1,466 → #936)
- Biggest drop: 268 spots in 1903 (#936 → #1,204)
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1923 at #148 (1,693 births)
- Births halved by 1930, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 57 yrs · run 1907–1962
- Highest: 1 in 713 girls born in 1923 were named Bette (0.14%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 38.0% of all girls named Bette (13,273) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,578 |
| 1900s | 108 | #935 (1909) | #1,173 |
| 1910s | 2,288 | #236 (1919) | #563 |
| 1920s | 13,273 | #148 (1923) | #173 |
| 1930s | 7,389 | #205 (1933) | #227 |
| 1940s | 7,034 | #229 (1942) | #267 |
| 1950s | 3,438 | #359 (1951) | #513 |
| 1960s | 890 | #859 (1960) | #1,268 |
| 1970s | 181 | #2,354 (1970) | #4,006 |
| 1980s | 99 | #4,327 (1980) | #7,229 |
| 1990s | 45 | #6,976 (1991) | #11,978 |
| 2000s | 17 | #13,924 (2007) | #15,523 |
| 2010s | 65 | #7,988 (2016) | #12,557 |
| 2020s | 55 | #7,247 (2023) | #10,658 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Bette in 1924
Top girls' names in 1924
Top boys' names in 1924
More about 1924
girls
1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 719 of them was named Bette, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 188,790 of them was named Bette, which outranked 22.2% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).