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 1959
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Dakota#258 · 1 in 1,388
- Massachusetts#299 · 1 in 3,341
- New Jersey#371 · 1 in 3,813
- Minnesota#500 · 1 in 7,937
- Michigan#510 · 1 in 6,437
Best ever in a state: #33 in Idaho, 1925.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Dakota | #258 | 5 | 1 in 1,388 |
| Massachusetts | #299 | 16 | 1 in 3,341 |
| New Jersey | #371 | 15 | 1 in 3,813 |
| Minnesota | #500 | 5 | 1 in 7,937 |
| Michigan | #510 | 14 | 1 in 6,437 |
| Wisconsin | #520 | 5 | 1 in 8,886 |
| Pennsylvania | #543 | 15 | 1 in 7,624 |
| Ohio | #613 | 11 | 1 in 9,628 |
| Indiana | #664 | 5 | 1 in 10,013 |
| Florida | #665 | 6 | 1 in 8,134 |
| New York | #693 | 16 | 1 in 10,524 |
| Illinois | #713 | 10 | 1 in 10,838 |
| California | #940 | 11 | 1 in 15,123 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 1959
Top girls' names in 1959
More about 1959
girls
2,023,462 girls got a published name in 1959; 1 in 10,594 of them was named Bette, which outranked 89.9% of the 7,202 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).