as a First Name
Variant of Bet, associated particularly with the film actress Bette Davis (1908–89), whose original name was Ruth Elizabeth Davis.
| 1,095th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 24,146
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 32,089
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Montana
- has the most people named Bette per capita
- 1923
- marked the height of its popularity
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