Bette
Rank in 2025
#10917
recorded as girls
Down 1,971 since 2024
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
8
girls 8
Peak year
1923
1,693 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
34,919
since 1896
Born a Bette? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Bette was most popular in 1923, when 1,693 babies recorded as girls got the name (1.4 per 1,000). In 2025, 8 babies were named Bette, ranking #10917 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's up 44%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 10917 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 11 | 8946 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 15 | 7247 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 8 | 11231 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 6 | 13464 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 7 | 12142 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 5 | 15539 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 11 | 9151 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 14 | 7988 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 9 | 10866 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 8 | 11931 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 7 | 13150 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 5 | 16869 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 14959 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 17294 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 7 | 13924 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 15352 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 5 | 14411 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 5 | 13724 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 7 | 10569 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 5 | 13442 | <5 | — |
| 1992 | 5 | 13317 | <5 | — |
| 1991 | 12 | 6976 | <5 | — |
| 1990 | 6 | 11409 | <5 | — |
| 1989 | 5 | 12362 | <5 | — |
| 1988 | 12 | 6277 | <5 | — |
| 1987 | 7 | 8778 | <5 | — |
| 1986 | 7 | 8523 | <5 | — |
| 1985 | 12 | 5678 | <5 | — |
| 1984 | 7 | 8153 | <5 | — |
| 1983 | 9 | 6705 | <5 | — |
| 1982 | 11 | 5911 | <5 | — |
| 1981 | 12 | 5571 | <5 | — |
| 1980 | 17 | 4327 | <5 | — |
| 1979 | 15 | 4626 | <5 | — |
| 1978 | 8 | 6948 | <5 | — |
| 1977 | 18 | 3911 | <5 | — |
| 1976 | 15 | 4154 | <5 | — |
| 1975 | 12 | 4854 | <5 | — |
| 1974 | 14 | 4227 | <5 | — |
| 1973 | 21 | 3122 | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 21 | 3062 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 25 | 2801 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 32 | 2354 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 46 | 1809 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 44 | 1776 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 55 | 1506 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 56 | 1474 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 75 | 1240 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 105 | 1060 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 101 | 1073 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 117 | 992 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 146 | 888 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 145 | 859 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 191 | 731 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 188 | 719 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 267 | 592 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 282 | 558 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 339 | 501 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 389 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 444 | 405 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 384 | 438 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 495 | 359 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 459 | 377 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 570 | 326 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 581 | 323 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 739 | 284 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 732 | 267 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 640 | 270 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 691 | 261 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 769 | 251 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 836 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 747 | 230 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | 729 | 233 | 5 | 3459 |
| 1939 | 736 | 228 | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 742 | 225 | <5 | — |
| 1937 | 685 | 239 | <5 | — |
| 1936 | 717 | 227 | <5 | — |
| 1935 | 658 | 245 | <5 | — |
| 1934 | 741 | 231 | 5 | 3679 |
| 1933 | 855 | 205 | <5 | — |
| 1932 | 772 | 220 | <5 | — |
| 1931 | 709 | 229 | <5 | — |
| 1930 | 774 | 221 | <5 | — |
| 1929 | 884 | 209 | 6 | 3559 |
| 1928 | 1,000 | 202 | <5 | — |
| 1927 | 1,189 | 175 | <5 | — |
| 1926 | 1,381 | 166 | <5 | — |
| 1925 | 1,592 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1924 | 1,736 | 151 | 6 | 3867 |
| 1923 | 1,693 | 148 | <5 | — |
| 1922 | 1,482 | 160 | <5 | — |
| 1921 | 1,316 | 169 | <5 | — |
| 1920 | 1,000 | 196 | <5 | — |
| 1919 | 718 | 236 | <5 | — |
| 1918 | 582 | 260 | <5 | — |
| 1917 | 387 | 313 | <5 | — |
| 1916 | 230 | 409 | <5 | — |
| 1915 | 148 | 510 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 82 | 638 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 53 | 712 | <5 | — |
| 1912 | 38 | 809 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 29 | 801 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 21 | 941 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 19 | 935 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 18 | 939 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 16 | 945 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 11 | 1154 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | 1251 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 9 | 1204 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 14 | 936 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | 1466 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 6 | 1723 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 5 | 1596 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 5 | 1555 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 5 | 1583 | <5 | — |
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