Babette · Shortlist Together

Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1891

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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 92 recorded years as a table

Babette, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1891	27
1907	19
1908	15
1910	20
1911	17
1912	16
1913	18
1914	9
1915	17
1916	17
1917	22
1918	19
1919	20
1920	25
1921	24
1922	28
1923	17
1924	21
1925	25
1926	19
1927	28
1928	26
1929	24
1930	20
1931	22
1932	22
1933	19
1934	14
1935	17
1936	18
1937	21
1938	19
1939	20
1940	21
1941	16
1942	23
1943	22
1944	26
1945	21
1946	20
1947	20
1948	18
1949	23
1950	31
1951	33
1952	36
1953	35
1954	47
1955	33
1956	53
1957	36
1958	26
1959	46
1960	65
1961	88
1962	82
1963	66
1964	80
1965	61
1966	56
1967	57
1968	46
1969	30
1970	29
1971	31
1972	24
1973	15
1974	18
1975	18
1976	10
1977	12
1978	10
1979	12
1980	8
1981	7
1982	8
1983	10
1984	5
1985	5
1986	3
1987	5
1988	3
1989	3
1990	3
1991	3
1992	4
1995	4
2006	3
2013	4
2021	3
2023	3
2025	3

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Babette 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.

More like it

More like Babette

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 5
Rank in 2025: #14,942
How rare: 1 in 321,453 girls
Since 1891: 3,282

Most popular in 1961, at 88 per million girls born.

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

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