Baby name

Bette

Girl

Short-lived name

Bette peaked in 1924, when 1 baby in 1,372 was given the name. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 10 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 10913. 38% of all babies named Bette since 1880 were born in the 1920s.

34,897births since 1880

1920sgeneration

No. 151rank at its peak, in 1924

Where babies named Bette are born

1924

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Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Bette is most common in Iowa (2.4 times), Nebraska (2.4) and Montana (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Betty 1,001,238
Bettie 38,395
Bettye 22,920

Names from the same era

Melba · Lenora · Bettie · Laverne · Reba · Bernadine

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