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
- Peak · boys
- 1994 · 373 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,374since 1919
Baby over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,107 | 9 | #6,143 | 14 |
| 2024 | #4,772 | 28 | #4,433 | 23 |
| 2023 | #4,363 | 32 | #3,712 | 30 |
| 2022 | #5,984 | 20 | #2,675 | 49 |
| 2021 | #3,935 | 37 | #3,180 | 37 |
| 2020 | #5,003 | 25 | #3,570 | 30 |
| 2019 | #5,306 | 24 | #3,052 | 39 |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 31 | #3,106 | 37 |
| 2017 | #4,384 | 32 | #3,378 | 33 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #4,853 | 28 | #6,324 | 13 |
| 2014 | #7,302 | 16 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6,462 | 19 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | #4,686 | 20 |
| 2011 | #7,118 | 17 | #5,433 | 16 |
| 2010 | #6,382 | 20 | #4,517 | 21 |
| 2009 | #5,378 | 26 | #5,334 | 17 |
| 2008 | #5,279 | 27 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 | #4,996 | 18 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 | #3,153 | 34 |
| 2005 | #1,589 | 128 | #945 | 185 |
| 2004 | #1,086 | 211 | #798 | 226 |
| 2003 | #954 | 245 | #737 | 245 |
| 2002 | #944 | 237 | #756 | 228 |
| 2001 | #902 | 251 | #678 | 268 |
| 2000 | #843 | 263 | #646 | 281 |
| 1999 | #889 | 240 | #646 | 267 |
| 1998 | #899 | 234 | #729 | 225 |
| 1997 | #868 | 235 | #677 | 240 |
| 1996 | #893 | 220 | #637 | 264 |
| 1995 | #691 | 308 | #558 | 334 |
| 1994 | #699 | 299 | #524 | 373 |
| 1993 | #719 | 296 | #559 | 331 |
| 1992 | #726 | 294 | #559 | 333 |
| 1991 | #781 | 263 | #569 | 314 |
| 1990 | #864 | 227 | #611 | 271 |
| 1989 | #836 | 226 | #601 | 266 |
| 1988 | #1,014 | 161 | #718 | 171 |
| 1987 | #1,280 | 109 | #782 | 139 |
| 1986 | #1,515 | 81 | #896 | 103 |
| 1985 | #1,323 | 100 | #956 | 91 |
| 1984 | #1,945 | 53 | #938 | 88 |
| 1983 | #1,770 | 60 | #1,253 | 54 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 | #1,150 | 63 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 | #1,411 | 45 |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 | #2,104 | 24 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,780 | 29 | #2,458 | 18 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #3,774 | 17 | #1,478 | 36 |
| 1974 | #3,695 | 17 | #2,129 | 20 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #1,817 | 24 |
| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
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| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | — | |
| 1956 | — | #3,942 | 5 | |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,718 | 10 | — | |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | — | — | ||
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #5,244 | 5 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #3,350 | 10 | #3,316 | 6 |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | #4,417 | 6 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,378 | 8 | #3,430 | 5 |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,666 | 12 | — | |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,447 | 12 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | #2,153 | 14 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #1,917 | 17 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #1,913 | 17 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #1,634 | 22 | #3,361 | 6 |
| 1931 | #1,375 | 29 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #1,460 | 28 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #1,212 | 38 | #2,002 | 15 |
| 1928 | #1,163 | 43 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #1,331 | 36 | #2,523 | 11 |
| 1926 | #1,303 | 36 | #2,566 | 11 |
| 1925 | #1,466 | 31 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | #2,732 | 12 | #2,772 | 10 |
| 1922 | #2,612 | 13 | #3,014 | 9 |
| 1921 | #3,666 | 8 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,813 | 11 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | — | |
| 1917 | #2,879 | 10 | — | |
| 1916 | #2,833 | 10 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | #3,618 | 5 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,360 | 7 | — | |
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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.
Where Baby is popular in 1927
No state had 5 or more boys named Baby in 1927, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Baby
- 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)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1994 at #524 (373 births)
- Births halved by 2005, 11 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 22 yrs · run 1984–2005
- 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%)
- 46.3% of all boys named Baby (2,952) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 101 | #2,002 (1929) | #2,813 |
| 1930s | 77 | #2,093 (1933) | #2,760 |
| 1940s | 22 | #3,316 (1948) | #3,452 |
| 1950s | 25 | #2,680 (1952) | #3,437 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 215 | #1,469 (1976) | #2,207 |
| 1980s | 1,042 | #601 (1989) | #1,099 |
| 1990s | 2,952 | #524 (1994) | #607 |
| 2000s | 1,523 | #646 (2000) | #2,258 |
| 2010s | 229 | #3,052 (2019) | #4,673 |
| 2020s | 183 | #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 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 33,123 of them was named Baby, which outranked 76.2% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,303Rheba37
- #1,303Rochelle37
- #1,303Samuel37
- #1,331Baby36
- #1,331Adaline36
- #1,331Arlie36
- #1,331Celina36
- #1,362Afton35
- #1,362Andrew35
- #1,362Azalee35
Tied with 30 names at #1,331; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 102,447 of them was named Baby, which outranked 47.5% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,408Walt12
- #2,408Whitfield12
- #2,408Woodson12
- #2,523Baby11
- #2,523Abie11
- #2,523Alexis11
- #2,523Alfons11
- #2,703Achilles10
- #2,703Aden10
- #2,703Agustus10
Tied with 179 names at #2,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.