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How popular is the name Bette?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bettes are alive today.
Bette (female), a spelling of Betty, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 5670th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 5 babies were given the name, the 3961st most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Betty you are most likely to meet is around 95 years old. Half of all Betties born in England and Wales are between 63 and 93, and there are at least 31,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 9.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Betty.
How many babies are named Bette each year?
Includes all spellings: Bette, Betty. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Bette spelling rank?
Where does the Betty spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bette most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Betty, peaked in 1924, when around 7,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bette spelling itself peaked in 2021, with 5 babies.
How many people are called Bette?
At least 31,000 people named Bette in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bette?
Most living Bettes are between 63 and 93; the most common age is about 95.
Is Bette becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.