Boys' name · since 2001
Baba
52 babies named Baba in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,853 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,177 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Baba is the #10177 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 52 recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baba has been recorded 52 times among boys since 2001, currently ranked #10177 nationally and more common than 27% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #21,853 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,177 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 52 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Baba ranks #21,853 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,177 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 52 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,853 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,177 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Baba's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Baba compares
52 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Baba's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Baba | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Baba's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Baba splits its recorded history at 2017: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2006 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Baba popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Baba by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (18 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Baba's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Baba births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
17 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 18 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Baba's data
- Baba's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (18 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Baba: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Baba draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.