Bebe

Where Bebe comes from

In most cases, the name is a diminutive of Beatrice.
— Wiktionary's entry for Bebe
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1904
    First appearance
    #1,364 among girls, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1932
    Peak, #899
    61 babies named Bebe — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,409.
  4. 1958
    Bebe Neuwirth born
    American actress
  5. 1989
    Bebe Rexha born
    American singer
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Bebe Rexha · American singer, born 1989
  • Bebe Neuwirth · American actress, born 1958
  • Bebe Daniels · American entertainer, 1901–1971
  • Bebe Wood · American actress, born 2001
  • Bebe Nanaki · elder sister of Guru Nanak, 1464–1518

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.