Feminine dossier · first seen 1896

Bette

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Bette
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.4% from peak

Peak era

1924

Peak rank proxy

1,736

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1896Peak 19242024

Peak year

1924

Decline from peak

99.4%

2024

All-time

34,889

Bette once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1924, when 1,736 girls were named Bette.

In 2024, only 11 girls were given the name.

Down 99.4% from its peak.

All told, about 34,889 Americans have been named Bette and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1896.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.4% from peak

19241,736 girls named Bette

202411 girls named Bette

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