Bette
#757 most common girls' name of all time · #1,374 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1896–2025
Rank among girls
#757
Rank overall
#1,374 of 105,966
First appeared
1896
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
34,919
Since 2016
85
Peak year
1924 #151
Best rank
#148 1923
Girls
Boys
peak 1,742/yr
Bette first appears in 1896. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | — | 8 | #10,994 |
| 2024 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,992 |
| 2023 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,278 |
| 2022 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,295 |
| 2021 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,543 |
| 2020 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,219 |
| 2019 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,642 |
| 2018 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,191 |
| 2016 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,017 |
| 2015 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2014 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,972 |
| 2013 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,205 |
| 2012 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,963 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,039 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #17,399 |
| 2007 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,990 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,459 |
| 1999 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,499 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,816 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | 7 | #10,646 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,558 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | 5 | #13,431 |
| 1991 | 12 | — | 12 | #7,024 |
| 1990 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,481 |
| 1989 | 5 | — | 5 | #12,475 |
| 1988 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,316 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,860 |
| 1986 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,616 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,717 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,239 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | 9 | #6,757 |
| 1982 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,960 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,604 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,358 |
| 1979 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,653 |
| 1978 | 8 | — | 8 | #7,025 |
| 1977 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,931 |
| 1976 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,186 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,897 |
| 1974 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,253 |
| 1973 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,146 |
| 1972 | 21 | — | 21 | #3,088 |
| 1971 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,817 |
| 1970 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,364 |
| 1969 | 46 | — | 46 | #1,816 |
| 1968 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,782 |
| 1967 | 55 | — | 55 | #1,513 |
| 1966 | 56 | — | 56 | #1,477 |
| 1965 | 75 | — | 75 | #1,245 |
| 1964 | 105 | — | 105 | #1,063 |
| 1963 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,078 |
| 1962 | 117 | — | 117 | #993 |
| 1961 | 146 | — | 146 | #893 |
| 1960 | 145 | — | 145 | #860 |
| 1959 | 191 | — | 191 | #733 |
| 1958 | 188 | — | 188 | #720 |
| 1957 | 267 | — | 267 | #592 |
| 1956 | 282 | — | 282 | #558 |
| 1955 | 339 | — | 339 | #501 |
| 1954 | 389 | — | 389 | #446 |
| 1953 | 444 | — | 444 | #405 |
| 1952 | 384 | — | 384 | #438 |
| 1951 | 495 | — | 495 | #359 |
| 1950 | 459 | — | 459 | #377 |
| 1949 | 570 | — | 570 | #326 |
| 1948 | 581 | — | 581 | #323 |
| 1947 | 739 | — | 739 | #284 |
| 1946 | 732 | — | 732 | #267 |
| 1945 | 640 | — | 640 | #270 |
| 1944 | 691 | — | 691 | #261 |
| 1943 | 769 | — | 769 | #251 |
| 1942 | 836 | — | 836 | #230 |
| 1941 | 747 | — | 747 | #230 |
| 1940 | 729 | 5 | 734 | #233 |
| 1939 | 736 | — | 736 | #228 |
| 1938 | 742 | — | 742 | #225 |
| 1937 | 685 | — | 685 | #239 |
| 1936 | 717 | — | 717 | #228 |
| 1935 | 658 | — | 658 | #245 |
| 1934 | 741 | 5 | 746 | #231 |
| 1933 | 855 | — | 855 | #205 |
| 1932 | 772 | — | 772 | #220 |
| 1931 | 709 | — | 709 | #229 |
| 1930 | 774 | — | 774 | #222 |
| 1929 | 884 | 6 | 890 | #209 |
| 1928 | 1,000 | — | 1,000 | #202 |
| 1927 | 1,189 | — | 1,189 | #175 |
| 1926 | 1,381 | — | 1,381 | #166 |
| 1925 | 1,592 | — | 1,592 | #155 |
| 1924 | 1,736 | 6 | 1,742 | #151 |
| 1923 | 1,693 | — | 1,693 | #148 |
| 1922 | 1,482 | — | 1,482 | #160 |
| 1921 | 1,316 | — | 1,316 | #169 |
| 1920 | 1,000 | — | 1,000 | #196 |
| 1919 | 718 | — | 718 | #236 |
| 1918 | 582 | — | 582 | #261 |
| 1917 | 387 | — | 387 | #313 |
| 1916 | 230 | — | 230 | #410 |
| 1915 | 148 | — | 148 | #512 |
| 1914 | 82 | — | 82 | #641 |
| 1913 | 53 | — | 53 | #719 |
| 1912 | 38 | — | 38 | #819 |
| 1911 | 29 | — | 29 | #810 |
| 1910 | 21 | — | 21 | #966 |
| 1909 | 19 | — | 19 | #958 |
| 1908 | 18 | — | 18 | #967 |
| 1907 | 16 | — | 16 | #989 |
| 1906 | 11 | — | 11 | #1,219 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,353 |
| 1903 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,303 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | 14 | #971 |
| 1901 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,635 |
| 1900 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,864 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,780 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,747 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,772 |