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How popular is “Bette” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bette” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bette” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bette” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bette” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bette” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bette” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bette” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1896 5 0.000013987 5 100%
1897 5 0.000014411 5 100%
1899 5 0.000014739 5 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1901 6 0.00001735 6 100%
1902 14 0.000036201 14 100%
1903 9 0.00002361 9 100%
1904 9 0.000022306 9 100%
1906 11 0.000025674 11 100%
1907 16 0.00003438 16 100%
1908 18 0.000036836 18 100%
1909 19 0.000037166 19 100%
1910 21 0.00003555 21 100%
1911 29 0.000045012 29 100%
1912 38 0.000038459 38 100%
1913 53 0.000046609 53 100%
1914 82 0.000057896 82 100%
1915 148 0.000080767 148 100%
1916 230 0.000118899 230 100%
1917 387 0.000192849 387 100%
1918 582 0.000268066 582 100%
1919 718 0.000340245 718 100%
1920 1000 0.000441961 1000 100%
1921 1316 0.000563717 1316 100%
1922 1482 0.0006474 1482 100%
1923 1693 0.000735294 1693 100%
1924 1742 0.000731438 1736 6 99%
1925 1592 0.000682295 1592 100%
1926 1381 0.000601506 1381 100%
1927 1189 0.000512642 1189 100%
1928 1000 0.000442294 1000 100%
1929 890 0.000405992 884 6 99%
1930 774 0.000348133 774 100%
1931 709 0.000336915 709 100%
1932 772 0.000365653 772 100%
1933 855 0.000427618 855 100%
1934 746 0.000359204 741 5 99%
1935 658 0.000314848 658 100%
1936 717 0.000345113 717 100%
1937 685 0.000321495 685 100%
1938 742 0.000335356 742 100%
1939 736 0.000334023 736 100%
1940 734 0.000318758 729 5 99%
1941 747 0.000306597 747 100%
1942 836 0.000306023 836 100%
1943 769 0.000272448 769 100%
1944 691 0.00025687 691 100%
1945 640 0.000241245 640 100%
1946 732 0.000229086 732 100%
1947 739 0.000205145 739 100%
1948 581 0.000168283 581 100%
1949 570 0.000163569 570 100%
1950 459 0.000131017 459 100%
1951 495 0.000134374 495 100%
1952 384 0.000101106 384 100%
1953 444 0.000115216 444 100%
1954 389 0.000097721 389 100%
1955 339 0.000084432 339 100%
1956 282 0.000068396 282 100%
1957 267 0.000063539 267 100%
1958 188 0.000045478 188 100%
1959 191 0.000045936 191 100%
1960 145 0.000034908 145 100%
1961 146 0.000035246 146 100%
1962 117 0.000028994 117 100%
1963 101 0.000025517 101 100%
1964 105 0.000027009 105 100%
1965 75 0.000020687 75 100%
1966 56 0.000016112 56 100%
1967 55 0.000016201 55 100%
1968 44 0.000013024 44 100%
1969 46 0.000013236 46 100%
1970 32 0.000008873 32 100%
1971 25 0.000007284 25 100%
1972 21 0.000006682 21 100%
1973 21 0.000006961 21 100%
1974 14 0.000004605 14 100%
1975 12 0.000003974 12 100%
1976 15 0.000004943 15 100%
1977 18 0.000005667 18 100%
1978 8 0.000002521 8 100%
1979 15 0.000004509 15 100%
1980 17 0.000004935 17 100%
1981 12 0.000003469 12 100%
1982 11 0.000003136 11 100%
1983 9 0.000002599 9 100%
1984 7 0.000002006 7 100%
1985 12 0.000003362 12 100%
1986 7 0.000001968 7 100%
1987 7 0.000001941 7 100%
1988 12 0.000003248 12 100%
1989 5 0.000001301 5 100%
1990 6 0.000001518 6 100%
1991 12 0.000003081 12 100%
1992 5 0.000001302 5 100%
1993 5 0.000001326 5 100%
1994 7 0.000001883 7 100%
1997 5 0.000001379 5 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2007 7 0.000001751 7 100%
2009 5 0.000001309 5 100%
2010 6 0.000001623 6 100%
2012 5 0.000001367 5 100%
2013 7 0.00000192 7 100%
2014 8 0.000002158 8 100%
2015 9 0.000002432 9 100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 100%
2018 11 0.000003129 11 100%
2019 5 0.000001441 5 100%
2020 7 0.000002095 7 100%
2021 6 0.000001771 6 100%
2022 8 0.000002365 8 100%
2023 15 0.00000453 15 100%
2024 11 0.000003305 11 100%

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