Babs
Last seen for girls in 1963 at #5,296
- Peak · girls
- 1933 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 285since 1927
Babs over time
Rank among girls' names. Babs has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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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| 1963 | #5,296 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,782 | 12 |
| 1961 | #2,839 | 19 |
| 1960 | #4,184 | 10 |
| 1959 | #5,031 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
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| 1954 | #3,325 | 12 |
| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 |
| 1952 | #4,123 | 8 |
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| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
| 1949 | #2,850 | 13 |
| 1948 | #4,205 | 7 |
| 1947 | #4,345 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 |
| 1945 | #2,916 | 10 |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 |
| 1943 | #3,493 | 8 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 |
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| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 |
| 1937 | #2,570 | 11 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
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| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 |
| 1931 | #2,581 | 11 |
| 1930 | #4,550 | 5 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 |
| 1928 | #3,743 | 7 |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Babs! It came in at #4,286, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Babs
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1963
- Debuted 1927
- Peaked 1933 at #2,540 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1935, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 91,630 girls born in 1933 were named Babs (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 275,358 girls born in 1963 (0.00%)
- 31.9% of all girls named Babs (91) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 19 | #3,743 (1928) | #4,027 |
| 1930s | 69 | #2,540 (1933) | #3,211 |
| 1940s | 91 | #2,737 (1940) | #3,344 |
| 1950s | 58 | #3,325 (1954) | #4,341 |
| 1960s | 48 | #2,839 (1961) | #4,025 |
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.
Babs in 1961
Top girls' names in 1961
More about 1961
girls
2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 106,237 of them was named Babs, which outranked 62.3% 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).
- #2,752Vincenza20
- #2,752Vinnie20
- #2,752Zora20
- #2,839Babs19
- #2,839Angele19
- #2,839Angelette19
- #2,839Audra19
- #2,957Alayne18
- #2,957Albert18
- #2,957Alfreida18
Tied with 117 names at #2,839; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.