Bente — girls' name
10 babies named Bente in U.S. Social Security records since 1961, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
100% of everyone ever named Bente was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Bente in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bente
The Social Security Administration has registered 10 babies named Bente between 1961 and 1965, spanning 5 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bente currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bente performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bente in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 10 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Bente at a glance
Last recorded 1965Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bente popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1961
- Peak year (1961)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 5 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1965.
10 total births across 5 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 5 births in a single year.
Bente by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 10 births that decade — 100% of Bente's all-time total
Bente decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Bente's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 100% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1961–1965 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.