Babyboy

#5,861 for boys in 2025, 15 births

Peak · boys
1991 · 126 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,291
since 1983

Babyboy over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Babyboy has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #945, 1991boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#5,86115
2024#3,10439
2023#3,00541
2022#3,77429
2021#3,36234
2020#3,13636
2019#4,00326
2018#3,30134
2017#3,24935
2016#4,94319
2015#5,05818
2014#4,39222
2013#5,92314
2012#5,03518
2011#6,57812
2010#6,03614
2009#5,55416
2008#5,06718
2007#8,1739
2006#6,09413
2005#1,81371
2004#1,53087
2003#1,47888
2002#1,200116
2001#1,059136
2000#1,38291
1999#1,241100
1998#977141
1997#1,089116
1996#1,45470
1995#1,20692
1994#1,43467
1993#1,20587
1992#1,27479
1991#945126
1990#1,13590
1989#1,21977
1988#1,40455
1987#1,18866
1986#1,72536
1985#2,50420
1984#3,45912
1983#5,4846
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First appearance
1983

The first year at least five boys were named Babyboy! It came in at #5,484, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1983, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Babyboy is popular in 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedWIMichigan: #796 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 14,202 boysMINew York: #1,273 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 23,141 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedINOhio: #785 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 15,961 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #715 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,954 boysNJConnecticut: #284 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,821 boysCTCalifornia: #1,443 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 32,253 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #218 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,103 boysWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: #117 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 489 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Babyboy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. District of Columbia#117 · 1 in 489
  2. West Virginia#218 · 1 in 2,103
  3. Connecticut#284 · 1 in 2,821
  4. New Jersey#715 · 1 in 10,954
  5. Ohio#785 · 1 in 15,961

Best ever in a state: #80 in District of Columbia, 1997.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
District of Columbia#117191 in 489
West Virginia#21851 in 2,103
Connecticut#28481 in 2,821
New Jersey#71551 in 10,954
Ohio#78551 in 15,961
Michigan#79651 in 14,202
New York#1,27361 in 23,141
California#1,44391 in 32,253
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See more about Babyboy
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,757 spots since 2024 (#3,104 → #5,861)
  • 2,725 spots since 2020 (#3,136 → #5,861)
  • 803 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #5,861)
  • Biggest jump: 190 spots in 1991 (#1,135 → #945)
  • Biggest drop: 329 spots in 1992 (#945 → #1,274)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1983
  • Peaked 1991 at #945 (126 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1991–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,556
  • Highest: 1 in 13,556 boys born in 1998 were named Babyboy (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 113,872 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #945 in 1991, was only 1 in 16,034 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 42.3% of all boys named Babyboy (968) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s272#1,188 (1987)#2,426
1990s968#945 (1991)#1,196
2000s645#1,059 (2001)#3,335
2010s212#3,249 (2017)#4,852
2020s194#3,005 (2023)#3,707

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.

Babyboy in 1990

boys
#1,135
90 births · 1 in 22,823 boys

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #1,135Babyboy90
More about 1990

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 22,823 of them was named Babyboy, which outranked 88.0% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Babyboy
  1. #1,129Sawyer91
  2. #1,129Simeon91
  3. #1,129Willard91
  4. #1,135Babyboy90
  5. #1,135Adriel90
  6. #1,135Andrea90
  7. #1,135Arnoldo90
  8. #1,149Britt89
  9. #1,149Dallin89
  10. #1,149Harlan89

Tied with 13 names at #1,135; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →