How Many People Are Named Bette?
people named Bette are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 33,890 people in the US has this name
Based on 34,919 babies named Bette in Social Security records from 1896 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,742 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of ELIZABETH. A famous bearer was American actress Bette Davis (1908-1989).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Bette in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Bette alive today is about 77 years old, and 94% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 71 and 84 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Bette first appears in the records in 1896 and was given most often in 1924, to 1,742 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1896 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Bette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #148, in 1923. In 2025 it ranked #11,099.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,099 |
| Best rank | #148 (1923) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #169 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Bette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bette were born in New York than in any other state: about 863 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bette was given about 2.2 times as often in Iowa, Montana and Washington.
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