Babette
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1961 at #4,065
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 178 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,282since 1891
Babette over time
Rank among girls' names. Babette has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | — | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | — | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | — | |
| 2005 | — | — | ||
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | — | — | ||
| 1993 | — | — | ||
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | — | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | — | |
| 1985 | #7,563 | 8 | — | |
| 1984 | #7,398 | 8 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,286 | 17 | — | |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,978 | 14 | — | |
| 1979 | #3,903 | 19 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,459 | 15 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,911 | 18 | — | |
| 1976 | #4,363 | 14 | — | |
| 1975 | #2,811 | 26 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,135 | 36 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,730 | 52 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,755 | 51 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,685 | 51 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,267 | 75 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 94 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,081 | 94 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,004 | 108 | — | |
| 1964 | #847 | 151 | — | |
| 1963 | #938 | 127 | — | |
| 1962 | #823 | 162 | — | |
| 1961 | #785 | 178 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #926 | 132 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,104 | 94 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,469 | 53 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,226 | 74 | — | |
| 1956 | #988 | 106 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,253 | 65 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,020 | 92 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,188 | 66 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,171 | 66 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,213 | 59 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,259 | 53 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,452 | 40 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,669 | 31 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,602 | 35 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,543 | 28 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,381 | 34 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,492 | 31 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,591 | 24 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,638 | 22 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,703 | 21 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,630 | 22 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,773 | 19 | — | |
| 1932 | #1,597 | 23 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,594 | 23 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,703 | 22 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,425 | 30 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,404 | 33 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,772 | 23 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,679 | 26 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,895 | 21 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,514 | 30 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,470 | 30 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,698 | 23 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,754 | 22 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,981 | 9 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | #1,332 | 5 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Babette! It came in at #1,332, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Babette
- Biggest jump: 265 spots in 1956 (#1,253 → #988)
- Biggest drop: 238 spots in 1957 (#988 → #1,226)
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1961 at #785 (178 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1960–1964
- Highest: 1 in 11,340 girls born in 1961 were named Babette (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 35.7% of all girls named Babette (1,172) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,332 (1891) | #1,332 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,821 (1907) | #1,961 |
| 1910s | 146 | #1,552 (1917) | #1,922 |
| 1920s | 284 | #1,366 (1922) | #1,552 |
| 1930s | 204 | #1,594 (1931) | #1,731 |
| 1940s | 304 | #1,381 (1944) | #1,567 |
| 1950s | 728 | #988 (1956) | #1,189 |
| 1960s | 1,172 | #785 (1961) | #1,043 |
| 1970s | 280 | #1,730 (1971) | #3,077 |
| 1980s | 96 | #4,286 (1983) | #7,638 |
| 1990s | 25 | #10,479 (1992) | #11,365 |
| 2000s | 5 | #17,168 (2006) | #17,168 |
| 2010s | 7 | #13,150 (2013) | #13,150 |
| 2020s | 15 | #14,942 (2025) | #15,129 |
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.
Babette in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
Top boys' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 11,340 of them was named Babette, which outranked 89.6% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 424,839 of them was named Babette, which outranked 12.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 592 names at #4,065; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.