Babe

Girl · recorded 1890–1947

  • 1947last recorded
  • 1905best year

Most popular in 1905.

Last recorded in 1947. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Babe.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1890

0163118901904191919331947

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 39 recorded years as a table
Babe, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189026
189127
189422
189819
190030
190223
190319
190418
190531
190824
190929
191023
191129
191213
191319
191411
191519
191611
191716
191810
19197
192013
192113
192213
192310
192411
19259
192716
192813
192913
19309
193110
19327
19337
19356
19366
19376
19385
19473

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Babe isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1947
5
Rank in 1947
#5,295
How rare
1 in 354,553 girls
Since 1890
383

Babe was last recorded in 1947. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1905, at 31 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Babe doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.