NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Babe Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Babe: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 345 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
345
Peak year
1929 #1936
Years on the list
43
10-year trend
+100.0%

In the 1920s ·

Popularity history

1880–1980

YearBirthsRank
19315#3803
19328#2867
193311#2219
19347#2999
19359#2542
193610#2308
19375#3562
19386#3203
19436#3249
19478#2885
19576#3587
19595#4032
19715#4973
19785#5871
19805#6337

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

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State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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