Babe
Last seen for girls in 1947 at #5,295 · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
Given to girls 52.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1905 · 9 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 383since 1890
Babe over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1980 | — | #6,250 | 5 | |
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| 1978 | — | #5,772 | 5 | |
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| 1971 | — | #4,907 | 5 | |
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| 1959 | — | #3,988 | 5 | |
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| 1957 | — | #3,552 | 6 | |
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| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #2,862 | 8 |
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| 1943 | — | #3,231 | 6 | |
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| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,701 | 6 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | — | #2,973 | 7 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,568 | 7 | #2,849 | 8 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 | #3,763 | 5 |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,191 | 15 | #1,933 | 16 |
| 1928 | #2,284 | 15 | #2,522 | 11 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1926 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #2,755 | 10 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | — | |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 | #2,801 | 10 |
| 1921 | #2,282 | 16 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,357 | 15 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #2,674 | 12 | #3,096 | 8 |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #1,738 | 19 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #1,766 | 12 | #1,676 | 11 |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | #1,746 | 9 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 | — | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,877 | 5 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | — | |
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| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 | #1,162 | 6 |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | — | #1,057 | 5 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | — | |
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| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
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| 1882 | — | #943 | 5 | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
The first year at least five girls were named Babe! It came in at #1,338, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1899, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Babe
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1947
- Debuted 1890
- Peaked 1905 at #1,298 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1906, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 32,402 girls born in 1905 were named Babe (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 354,553 girls born in 1947 (0.00%)
- 34.7% of all girls named Babe (133) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1937, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 20 | #1,332 (1891) | #1,464 |
| 1900s | 52 | #1,298 (1905) | #1,542 |
| 1910s | 115 | #1,372 (1911) | #2,229 |
| 1920s | 133 | #2,026 (1927) | #2,402 |
| 1930s | 58 | #2,581 (1931) | #3,498 |
| 1940s | 5 | #5,295 (1947) | #5,295 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Babe in 1905
Top girls' names in 1905
Top boys' names in 1905
More about 1905
girls
291,617 girls got a published name in 1905; 1 in 32,402 of them was named Babe, which outranked 41.9% of the 2,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,238Vita10
- #1,238Vonnie10
- #1,238Willetta10
- #1,298Babe9
- #1,298Adelaida9
- #1,298Agness9
- #1,298Albert9
- #1,420Afton8
- #1,420Aili8
- #1,420Alfaretta8
Tied with 121 names at #1,298; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
132,306 boys got a published name in 1905; 1 in 18,901 of them was named Babe, which outranked 29.5% of the 1,421 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).