Babygirl

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1991 · 107 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,069
since 1979

Babygirl over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Babygirl has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #1,478, 1991girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#6,83816—
2024#4,38732—
2023#3,58543—
2022#3,53644—
2021#3,80139—
2020#4,07834—
2019#4,90927—
2018#4,76828—
2017#5,51723—
2016#6,18620—
2015#6,72118—
2014#8,05314—
2013#8,13514—
2012#10,42910—
2011#10,37410—
2010#10,45110—
2009#10,67910—
2008#10,08411—
2007#12,6768—
2006#9,90111—
2005#2,31477—
2004#1,97294—
2003#2,01989—
2002#2,00487—
2001#1,686107—
2000#1,689104—
1999#1,73892—
1998#1,76289—
1997#1,78484—
1996#2,08466—
1995#1,80279—
1994#1,58396—
1993#1,94272—
1992#1,85576—
1991#1,478107—
1990#1,97469#7,1786
1989#1,83472—
1988#1,82268—
1987#2,09852—
1986#2,97331—
1985#6,45710—
1984#6,29110—
1983#9,0156—
1982#10,5175—
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five girls were named Babygirl! It came in at #10,210, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1979–1982, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Babygirl is popular in 1988

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMINew York: #1,614 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 19,009 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNJConnecticut: #227 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,442 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,508 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 17,572 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Connecticut#227 · 1 in 1,442
  2. California#1,508 · 1 in 17,572
  3. New York#1,614 · 1 in 19,009

Best ever in a state: #85 in District of Columbia, 1997.

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Connecticut#227131 in 1,442
California#1,508131 in 17,572
New York#1,61461 in 19,009
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See more about Babygirl
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 2,451 spots since 2024 (#4,387 → #6,838)
  • 2,760 spots since 2020 (#4,078 → #6,838)
  • 117 spots since 2015 (#6,721 → #6,838)
Rise & fade · girls
12 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 1991 at #1,478 (107 births)
  • Births halved by 2006, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 16,828
  • Highest: 1 in 16,828 girls born in 2001 were named Babygirl (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,478 in 1991, was only 1 in 17,523 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 40.1% of all girls named Babygirl (830) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s5#10,210 (1979)#10,210
1980s254#1,822 (1988)#5,126
1990s830#1,478 (1991)#1,800
2000s598#1,686 (2001)#5,502
2010s174#4,768 (2018)#7,554
2020s208#3,536 (2022)#4,371

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Babygirl in 1988

girls
#1,822
68 births · 1 in 26,189 girls

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #1,822Babygirl68
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 26,189 of them was named Babygirl, which outranked 86.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Babygirl
  1. #1,802Shaunte69
  2. #1,802Tressa69
  3. #1,802Yazmin69
  4. #1,822Babygirl68
  5. #1,822Ashanti68
  6. #1,822Charisse68
  7. #1,822Dinah68
  8. #1,839Ainsley67
  9. #1,839Annalise67
  10. #1,839Carlyn67

Tied with 16 names at #1,822; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →