Bebe
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 61 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,579since 1904
Bebe over time
Rank among girls' names. Bebe has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #15,306 | 5 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 |
| 2012 | #11,257 | 9 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 |
| 2008 | #11,599 | 9 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 |
| 2004 | #12,761 | 7 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
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| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | #11,798 | 5 |
| 1987 | — | |
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| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 |
| 1971 | — | |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,053 | 11 |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 |
| 1962 | #4,865 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,989 | 17 |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 |
| 1958 | #2,449 | 22 |
| 1957 | #2,028 | 29 |
| 1956 | #2,151 | 26 |
| 1955 | #2,222 | 24 |
| 1954 | #2,295 | 22 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 |
| 1952 | #2,411 | 19 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 |
| 1950 | #2,341 | 18 |
| 1949 | #3,176 | 11 |
| 1948 | #2,416 | 17 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 |
| 1945 | #2,149 | 16 |
| 1944 | #2,946 | 10 |
| 1943 | #1,949 | 20 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,805 | 19 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,549 | 23 |
| 1935 | #1,720 | 20 |
| 1934 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1933 | #1,197 | 35 |
| 1932 | #899 | 61 |
| 1931 | #1,022 | 47 |
| 1930 | #1,041 | 50 |
| 1929 | #1,042 | 49 |
| 1928 | #1,179 | 42 |
| 1927 | #1,233 | 40 |
| 1926 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1925 | #1,119 | 47 |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 54 |
| 1923 | #976 | 58 |
| 1922 | #1,124 | 46 |
| 1921 | #1,625 | 27 |
| 1920 | #1,206 | 40 |
| 1919 | #2,515 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,246 | 14 |
| 1915 | #1,883 | 17 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #1,358 | 18 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,369 | 10 |
| 1908 | #1,135 | 13 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Bebe! It came in at #1,364, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1906, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Bebe is popular in 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#552 · 1 in 13,072
- Texas#950 · 1 in 11,958
Best ever in a state: #433 in New York, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #552 | 7 | 1 in 13,072 |
| Texas | #950 | 5 | 1 in 11,958 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Bebe
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 148 spots in 1923 (#1,124 → #976)
- Biggest drop: 298 spots in 1933 (#899 → #1,197)
- Debuted 1904
- Peaked 1932 at #899 (61 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1923–1932
- Highest: 1 in 17,494 girls born in 1932 were named Bebe (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 28.4% of all girls named Bebe (449) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 46 | #1,135 (1908) | #1,390 |
| 1910s | 134 | #1,335 (1910) | #2,014 |
| 1920s | 449 | #976 (1923) | #1,168 |
| 1930s | 319 | #899 (1932) | #1,429 |
| 1940s | 168 | #1,860 (1946) | #2,297 |
| 1950s | 211 | #2,028 (1957) | #2,394 |
| 1960s | 66 | #2,989 (1960) | #4,700 |
| 1970s | 13 | #6,558 (1972) | #7,357 |
| 1980s | 5 | #11,798 (1988) | #11,798 |
| 1990s | 5 | #14,411 (1999) | #14,411 |
| 2000s | 80 | #7,580 (2003) | #11,702 |
| 2010s | 57 | #10,129 (2014) | #11,981 |
| 2020s | 26 | #11,090 (2020) | #13,020 |
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.
Bebe in 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 25,770 of them was named Bebe, which outranked 80.2% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,096Thomasina47
- #1,096Thora47
- #1,096Twyla47
- #1,115Bebe46
- #1,115Domenica46
- #1,115Drusilla46
- #1,115Gaynell46
- #1,133Adaline45
- #1,133Antonetta45
- #1,133Delta45
Tied with 17 names at #1,115; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.