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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

  • 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: #1,001 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 10,412 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Babygirl, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: 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: #767 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,852 girlsNJConnecticut: #431 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,183 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,694 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 20,188 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: #125 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 465 girlsDCOklahoma: 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. District of Columbia#125 · 1 in 465
  2. Connecticut#431 · 1 in 3,183
  3. New Jersey#767 · 1 in 6,852
  4. Michigan#1,001 · 1 in 10,412
  5. California#1,694 · 1 in 20,188

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

Show every state
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District of Columbia#125101 in 465
Connecticut#43161 in 3,183
New Jersey#76771 in 6,852
Michigan#1,00161 in 10,412
California#1,694131 in 20,188
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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 1990

girls
#1,974
69 births · 1 in 27,515 girls
boys
#7,178
6 births · 1 in 342,340 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #1,974Babygirl69

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. #7,178Babygirl6
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 27,515 of them was named Babygirl, which outranked 87.0% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Babygirl
  1. #1,952Shiloh70
  2. #1,952Takia70
  3. #1,952Tempestt70
  4. #1,974Babygirl69
  5. #1,974Ariell69
  6. #1,974Corin69
  7. #1,974Emmalee69
  8. #1,989Adria68
  9. #1,989Aryn68
  10. #1,989Carson68

Tied with 14 names at #1,974; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 342,340 of them was named Babygirl, which outranked 24.4% 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 Babygirl
  1. #6,415Zed7
  2. #6,415Zedrick7
  3. #6,415Zenas7
  4. #7,178Babygirl6
  5. #7,178Aalap6
  6. #7,178Abbott6
  7. #7,178Abdo6
  8. #8,117Aamer5
  9. #8,117Aasin5
  10. #8,117Abdelrahman5

Tied with 938 names at #7,178; 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 →