Bette
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BET
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Bette is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is my oath”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Bette mean?
Hebrew: short form of Elizabeth
“God is my oath”
A short form of Elizabeth; the actress Bette Davis (1908–1989) pronounced it 'Betty', though 'Bet' is also common.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bette a girl's or a boy's name?
Bette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Bette, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1924, with 1,736 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Bette in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1944, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 8 | #6,946 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 15 | #4,152 |
| 1975 | 12 | #4,852 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 32 | #2,354 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,809 |
| 1968 | 44 | #1,776 |
| 1967 | 55 | #1,506 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,474 |
| 1965 | 75 | #1,240 |
| 1964 | 105 | #1,060 |
| 1963 | 101 | #1,073 |
| 1962 | 117 | #992 |
| 1961 | 146 | #888 |
| 1960 | 145 | #859 |
| 1959 | 191 | #731 |
| 1958 | 188 | #718 |
| 1957 | 267 | #591 |
| 1956 | 282 | #557 |
| 1955 | 339 | #500 |
| 1954 | 389 | #444 |
| 1953 | 444 | #404 |
| 1952 | 384 | #437 |
| 1951 | 495 | #358 |
| 1950 | 459 | #376 |
| 1949 | 570 | #326 |
| 1948 | 581 | #323 |
| 1947 | 739 | #284 |
| 1946 | 732 | #267 |
| 1945 | 640 | #270 |
| 1944 | 691 | #261 |
| 1943 | 769 | #251 |
| 1942 | 836 | #229 |
| 1941 | 747 | #230 |
| 1940 | 729 | #233 |
| 1939 | 736 | #228 |
| 1938 | 742 | #225 |
| 1937 | 685 | #239 |
| 1936 | 717 | #227 |
| 1935 | 658 | #245 |
| 1934 | 741 | #231 |
| 1933 | 855 | #205 |
| 1932 | 772 | #220 |
| 1931 | 709 | #229 |
| 1930 | 774 | #221 |
| 1929 | 884 | #209 |
| 1928 | 1,000 | #202 |
| 1927 | 1,189 | #175 |
| 1926 | 1,381 | #166 |
| 1925 | 1,592 | #155 |
| 1924 | 1,736 | #151 |
| 1923 | 1,693 | #148 |
| 1922 | 1,482 | #160 |
| 1921 | 1,316 | #169 |
| 1920 | 1,000 | #196 |
| 1919 | 718 | #236 |
| 1918 | 582 | #260 |
| 1917 | 387 | #313 |
| 1916 | 230 | #409 |
| 1915 | 148 | #510 |
| 1914 | 82 | #638 |
| 1913 | 53 | #712 |
| 1912 | 38 | #809 |
| 1911 | 29 | #801 |
| 1910 | 21 | #941 |
| 1909 | 19 | #935 |
| 1908 | 18 | #939 |
| 1907 | 16 | #945 |
| 1906 | 11 | #1,154 |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 9 | #1,204 |
| 1902 | 14 | #936 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,722 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
Names like Bette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jane, June, Anne, Maxine, Ruth, Bonnie, Billie, Ruthie, Joan, Faye, Elaine, Beatrice
Names related to Bette
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bette, updated 20 October 2026.