Bette
Bette is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. Its best rank was 148th, in 1923.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 110.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19241,736 births
- Best rank
- #148in 1923
- Since 1896
- 34,889people given the name
The story in the numbers
34,889 girls have been named Bette in the United States since 1896, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 1,736 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 11 births in 2024, against 1,736 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 38%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bette | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 15 | |
| 1900s | 108 | |
| 1910s | 2,288 | |
| 1920s | 13,273 | |
| 1930s | 7,389 | |
| 1940s | 7,034 | |
| 1950s | 3,438 | |
| 1960s | 890 | |
| 1970s | 181 | |
| 1980s | 99 | |
| 1990s | 45 | |
| 2000s | 17 | |
| 2010s | 65 | |
| 2020s | 47 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Bette was the 151st most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Bette
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elwandapeak 1921
- Margypeak 1929
- Dorotheypeak 1925
- Junepeak 1925
- Vernellepeak 1924
- Shirliepeak 1935
- Mardellpeak 1932
- Dortheypeak 1932
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.