Baby

#10,107 for girls in 2025, 9 births · #6,143 for boys in 2025, 14 births
Given to boys 51.1% of the time

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Peak · boys
1994 · 373 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,374
since 1919

Baby over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201932peak #691, 1995peak #524, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,1079#6,14314
2024#4,77228#4,43323
2023#4,36332#3,71230
2022#5,98420#2,67549
2021#3,93537#3,18037
2020#5,00325#3,57030
2019#5,30624#3,05239
2018#4,45831#3,10637
2017#4,38432#3,37833
2016#5,44524#4,94319
2015#4,85328#6,32413
2014#7,30216#6,30713
2013#6,46219#4,98118
2012#9,10912#4,68620
2011#7,11817#5,43316
2010#6,38220#4,51721
2009#5,37826#5,33417
2008#5,27927#4,54021
2007#5,09728#4,99618
2006#5,70923#3,15334
2005#1,589128#945185
2004#1,086211#798226
2003#954245#737245
2002#944237#756228
2001#902251#678268
2000#843263#646281
1999#889240#646267
1998#899234#729225
1997#868235#677240
1996#893220#637264
1995#691308#558334
1994#699299#524373
1993#719296#559331
1992#726294#559333
1991#781263#569314
1990#864227#611271
1989#836226#601266
1988#1,014161#718171
1987#1,280109#782139
1986#1,51581#896103
1985#1,323100#95691
1984#1,94553#93888
1983#1,77060#1,25354
1982#2,83032#1,15063
1981#3,53223#1,41145
1980#3,60922#2,28422
1979#3,54122#2,10424
1978#5,21412#2,37519
1977#2,78029#2,45818
1976#2,48632#1,46937
1975#3,77417#1,47836
1974#3,69517#2,12920
1973#4,58612#1,81724
1972#5,4809#2,65913
1971#3,37319#2,68613
1970#2,89111
1969#5,4568
1968#5,6427
1967
1966
1965
1964
1963
1962
1961
1960
1959#6,2455
1958
1957#6,0865
1956#3,9425
1955#5,2086
1954#3,71810
1953#5,6735#3,7985
1952#4,4837#2,6809
1951
1950#3,42310#3,3296
1949#5,2445#3,6905
1948#3,35010#3,3166
1947#3,06112#3,3706
1946#4,4176
1945#3,1329
1944#3,3788#3,4305
1943#4,6915
1942#2,66612
1941#2,53212
1940#2,9639
1939#2,41712
1938#2,44712#2,8687
1937#3,4347#3,1756
1936#2,15314#2,30110
1935#1,91717#3,6455
1934#1,91317#2,7428
1933#1,97016#2,09312
1932#1,63422#3,3616
1931#1,37529#2,20712
1930#1,46028#2,44411
1929#1,21238#2,00215
1928#1,16343#2,8439
1927#1,33136#2,52311
1926#1,30336#2,56611
1925#1,46631#2,43512
1924#1,77024#2,64111
1923#2,73212#2,77210
1922#2,61213#3,0149
1921#3,6668#3,5177
1920#3,09710#3,8156
1919#2,81311#4,1685
1918#3,5128
1917#2,87910
1916#2,83310
1915#3,4347
1914#3,6185
1913#2,3318
1912#2,3607
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Baby! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1939–1946, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 1,710 spots since 2024 (#4,433#6,143)
  • 2,573 spots since 2020 (#3,570#6,143)
  • 181 spots since 2015 (#6,324#6,143)
  • Biggest jump: 315 spots in 1984 (#1,253#938)
  • Biggest drop: 2,208 spots in 2006 (#945#3,153)
Rise & fade · boys
75 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1994 at #524 (373 births)
  • Births halved by 2005, 11 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1984–2005
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,180
  • Highest: 1 in 5,180 boys born in 1994 were named Baby (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 122,005 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 46.3% of all boys named Baby (2,952) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,168 (1919)#4,168
1920s101#2,002 (1929)#2,813
1930s77#2,093 (1933)#2,760
1940s22#3,316 (1948)#3,452
1950s25#2,680 (1952)#3,437
1960s0
1970s215#1,469 (1976)#2,207
1980s1,042#601 (1989)#1,099
1990s2,952#524 (1994)#607
2000s1,523#646 (2000)#2,258
2010s229#3,052 (2019)#4,673
2020s183#2,675 (2022)#3,952

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Baby in 1932

girls
#1,634
22 births · 1 in 48,507 girls
boys
#3,361
6 births · 1 in 174,026 boys

Top girls' names in 1932

  1. #1Mary59,883
  2. #2Betty34,420
  3. #3Barbara26,318
  4. #4Dorothy24,974
  5. #5Joan21,044
  6. #6Patricia17,992
  7. #7Margaret16,556
  8. #8Helen16,376
  9. #9Shirley14,476
  10. #10Doris12,910
  11. #1,634Baby22

Top boys' names in 1932

  1. #1Robert59,268
  2. #2James51,930
  3. #3John48,624
  4. #4William42,124
  5. #5Richard31,809
  6. #6Charles31,092
  7. #7Donald29,794
  8. #8George20,439
  9. #9Joseph18,566
  10. #10Thomas16,834
  11. #3,361Baby6
More about 1932

girls

1,067,148 girls got a published name in 1932; 1 in 48,507 of them was named Baby, which outranked 67.9% of the 5,098 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baby
  1. #1,597Thora23
  2. #1,597Vermell23
  3. #1,597Willo23
  4. #1,634Baby22
  5. #1,634Chris22
  6. #1,634Chrystal22
  7. #1,634Conchita22
  8. #1,685Abby21
  9. #1,685Alfred21
  10. #1,685Allison21

Tied with 50 names at #1,634; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 963Dian#1,876#913
  2. 519Carleen#1,394#875
  3. 357Jimmy#1,336#979
  4. 347Letty#1,287#940
  5. 340Letitia#1,148#808
Fallers
  1. 350Blossom#970#1,320
  2. 332Luetta#844#1,176
  3. 305Roy#887#1,192
  4. 289Sofia#887#1,176
  5. 282Joretta#463#745

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,044,157 boys got a published name in 1932; 1 in 174,026 of them was named Baby, which outranked 21.5% of the 4,284 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Baby
  1. #3,092Yasuo7
  2. #3,092Yates7
  3. #3,092Ysabel7
  4. #3,361Baby6
  5. #3,361Able6
  6. #3,361Acencion6
  7. #3,361Achille6
  8. #3,776Abdon5
  9. #3,776Adel5
  10. #3,776Adelino5

Tied with 414 names at #3,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1931
Risers
  1. 2,418Delano#3,095#677
  2. 969Garner#1,643#674
  3. 868Ronny#1,770#902
  4. 713Darryl#1,693#980
  5. 609Marc#1,589#980
Fallers
  1. 467Jones#959#1,426
  2. 455Hamilton#831#1,286
  3. 393Hyman#697#1,090
  4. 373Davey#983#1,356
  5. 341Hayes#983#1,324

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1932