Bette
About Bette
Pronounced a la Bette (Betty) Davis or Bette (Bet) Midler, a twentieth-century relic. Though if the equally vintage Betty comes back, Bette may be close behind.
As of October 2026, Bette ranked #11103 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #148 in 1923.
Editor's take: The name Bette is a girl's name of Hebrew origin.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Bette.
- Trudy
- Joanie
- Midge
- Aggie
- Janie
- Dodie
- Marcie
- Hettie
- Georgette
- Margie
- Suzette
- Maebelle
- Louetta
- Eddie
- Trudie
- Pollyanna
- Brigitte
- Madge
- Jossie
- Nelly
Bette on lists
Famous Bettes
- Ruth Elizabeth "Bette" Davis
American actress
- Bette Midler
American singer/actress
- Elizabeth "Bette" Cooper
Miss America 1937
- Bette Jean Greene
American children's novelist
- Bette Franke
Dutch model
- (Bette) Joy Philbin
American TV personality; wife of Regis Philbin
- Bette Claire Nesmith Graham
American inventor of White,Out; mother of musician Michael Nesmith of The Monkees
- Bette Joan Henritze
American actress
- Bette Bao Lord
Chinese,American activist
- Bette Ford (born Harriet Elizabeth Dingeldein)
American actress, model and bullfighter
- Bette Gordon
American film director
- Bette Bright (born Anne Martin)
English rock singer of band Deaf School
- Bette Bourne
stage name of Peter Bourne, English drag queen and actor
- Bette McLaurin
American R&B singer
- Bette Grayson
American actress; wife of playwright Clifford Odets
Bette in pop culture
- Lisbeth "Bette" Fischer
main character in"Cousin Bette," novel by Honoré de Balzac and later film
- Bette Porter
Jennifer Beals's character in TV's "The L Word"
- Bette Kane aka Bat
Girl and Flamebird, character in DC comics
- Bette Tattler
conjoined twin character on TV's "American Horror Story: Freak Show"; twin of sister Dot
- Bette San Souci aka Plastique
character on TV's "The Flash"
- Bette Katzenkazrahi
character on American soap "Sunset Beach"
- Bette Tremont
character in novel/film "Dad"
- Bette Noir
character in comic book series "Iredeemable"
- "Bette Davis Eyes
" 1974 song by Kim Carnes