Babak — boys' name
287 babies named Babak in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
50% of everyone ever named Babak was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Babak in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Babak
The Social Security Administration has registered 287 babies named Babak between 1968 and 2004, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Babak currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2004. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Babak performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 144 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Babak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 52 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Babak in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Babak in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 287 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Babak at a glance
Last recorded 2004Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Babak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1968
- Peak year (1987)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2004.
287 total births across 37 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 22 births in a single year.
Babak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 144 births that decade — 50% of Babak's all-time total
Babak decade highlights
- Peak decade 144 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Babak's strongest decade
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
Babak by state
Where Babak concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 52 | 18.1% |
52 of 287 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 18.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2004 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.