Boys' name · since 1968
Babak
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.
- #10,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 287
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Babak sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 287 recorded since 1968.
Babak has 287 recorded births among boys since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2004.
- #10,834 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 287 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Babak ranks #10,834 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 287 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 287
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Babak's 287 recorded births place it above 76.14% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Babak's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Babak's full recorded timeline at 1984, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1969, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Babak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2004
- Peak year (1987)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Babak by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (144 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Babak's strongest decade.
144 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Babak births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
77 births
- 1980s
1980s
144 births
- 1990s 49
1990s
49 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 144 births (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.
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What to do with Babak's data
- Babak's decade-level peak was the 1980s (144 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Babaks (52 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
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 Babak: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~36 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, 1968–2004 (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 Babak 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.