Bette Popularity by Year
Follow Bette across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Bette birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 8 | #10,917 | Down 1,971 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 11 | #8,946 | Down 1,699 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 15 | #7,247 | Up 3,984 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 8 | #11,231 | Up 2,233 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 6 | #13,464 | Down 1,322 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 7 | #12,142 | Up 3,397 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 5 | #15,539 | Down 6,388 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 11 | #9,151 | Down 1,163 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 14 | #7,988 | Up 2,878 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 9 | #10,866 | Up 1,065 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 8 | #11,931 | Up 1,219 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 7 | #13,150 | Up 3,719 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 5 | #16,869 | Down 1,910 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 6 | #14,959 | Up 2,335 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 5 | #17,294 | Down 3,370 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 7 | #13,924 | Up 1,428 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 5 | #15,352 | Down 941 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 5 | #14,411 | Down 687 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 5 | #13,724 | Down 3,155 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 7 | #10,569 | Up 2,873 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 5 | #13,442 | Down 125 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 5 | #13,317 | Down 6,341 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 12 | #6,976 | Up 4,433 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 6 | #11,409 | Up 953 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 5 | #12,362 | Down 6,085 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 12 | #6,277 | Up 2,501 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 7 | #8,778 | Down 255 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 7 | #8,523 | Down 2,845 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 12 | #5,678 | Up 2,475 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 7 | #8,153 | Down 1,448 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 9 | #6,705 | Down 794 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 11 | #5,911 | Down 340 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 12 | #5,571 | Down 1,244 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 17 | #4,327 | Up 299 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 15 | #4,626 | Up 2,322 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 8 | #6,948 | Down 3,037 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 18 | #3,911 | Up 243 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 15 | #4,154 | Up 700 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 12 | #4,854 | Down 627 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 14 | #4,227 | Down 1,105 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 21 | #3,122 | Down 60 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 21 | #3,062 | Down 261 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 25 | #2,801 | Down 447 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 32 | #2,354 | Down 545 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 46 | #1,809 | Down 33 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 44 | #1,776 | Down 270 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 55 | #1,506 | Down 32 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 56 | #1,474 | Down 234 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 75 | #1,240 | Down 180 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 105 | #1,060 | Up 13 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 101 | #1,073 | Down 81 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 117 | #992 | Down 104 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 146 | #888 | Down 29 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 145 | #859 | Down 128 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 191 | #731 | Down 12 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 188 | #719 | Down 127 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 267 | #592 | Down 34 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 282 | #558 | Down 57 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 339 | #501 | Down 56 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 389 | #445 | Down 40 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 444 | #405 | Up 33 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 384 | #438 | Down 79 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 495 | #359 | Up 18 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 459 | #377 | Down 51 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 570 | #326 | Down 3 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 581 | #323 | Down 39 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 739 | #284 | Down 17 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 732 | #267 | Up 3 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 640 | #270 | Down 9 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 691 | #261 | Down 10 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 769 | #251 | Down 22 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 836 | #229 | Up 1 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 747 | #230 | Up 3 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 5 | #3,459 | Up 220 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 729 | #233 | Down 5 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 736 | #228 | Down 3 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 742 | #225 | Up 14 places |
| 1937 | Girls | 685 | #239 | Down 12 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 717 | #227 | Up 18 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 658 | #245 | Down 14 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 5 | #3,679 | Down 120 places |
| 1934 | Girls | 741 | #231 | Down 26 places |
| 1933 | Girls | 855 | #205 | Up 15 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 772 | #220 | Up 9 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 709 | #229 | Down 8 places |
| 1930 | Girls | 774 | #221 | Down 12 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 6 | #3,559 | Up 308 places |
| 1929 | Girls | 884 | #209 | Down 7 places |
| 1928 | Girls | 1,000 | #202 | Down 27 places |
| 1927 | Girls | 1,189 | #175 | Down 9 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 1,381 | #166 | Down 11 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 1,592 | #155 | Down 4 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 6 | #3,867 | — |
| 1924 | Girls | 1,736 | #151 | Down 3 places |
| 1923 | Girls | 1,693 | #148 | Up 12 places |
| 1922 | Girls | 1,482 | #160 | Up 9 places |
| 1921 | Girls | 1,316 | #169 | Up 27 places |
| 1920 | Girls | 1,000 | #196 | Up 40 places |
| 1919 | Girls | 718 | #236 | Up 24 places |
| 1918 | Girls | 582 | #260 | Up 53 places |
| 1917 | Girls | 387 | #313 | Up 96 places |
| 1916 | Girls | 230 | #409 | Up 101 places |
| 1915 | Girls | 148 | #510 | Up 128 places |
| 1914 | Girls | 82 | #638 | Up 74 places |
| 1913 | Girls | 53 | #712 | Up 97 places |
| 1912 | Girls | 38 | #809 | Down 8 places |
| 1911 | Girls | 29 | #801 | Up 140 places |
| 1910 | Girls | 21 | #941 | Down 6 places |
| 1909 | Girls | 19 | #935 | Up 4 places |
| 1908 | Girls | 18 | #939 | Up 6 places |
| 1907 | Girls | 16 | #945 | Up 209 places |
| 1906 | Girls | 11 | #1,154 | Up 97 places |
| 1904 | Girls | 9 | #1,251 | Down 47 places |
| 1903 | Girls | 9 | #1,204 | Down 268 places |
| 1902 | Girls | 14 | #936 | Up 530 places |
| 1901 | Girls | 6 | #1,466 | Up 257 places |
| 1900 | Girls | 6 | #1,723 | Down 127 places |
| 1899 | Girls | 5 | #1,596 | Down 41 places |
| 1897 | Girls | 5 | #1,555 | Up 28 places |
| 1896 | Girls | 5 | #1,583 | — |