Recorded 1968–2004 Boys' name Peak 1987 287 births

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.

1960s121970s771980s1441990s492000s5
1980s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Babak was born in this single decade.

1987
Single peak year

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 2004

Total births

287

Since 1968

37 years of records

Peak year

1987

22 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2004

Active since

1968

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 2004

Babak popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2004–1968

Last recorded 2004
Peak year (1987)
22
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
0510152025 20041993198919851981197719731968 7

Babak by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
144 births that decade — 50% of Babak's all-time total
1960s121970s771980s1441990s492000s5

Babak by state

Where Babak concentrates geographically — total births since 1968

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Babak
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
52 18.1%
California share of Babak's total US births 18.1%

52 of 287 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Babak?
287 babies have been named Babak since 1968. It was last recorded in 2004. The peak year was 1987 with 22 births.
When was Babak most popular?
Babak was most popular in the 1980s decade with 144 total births. The single peak year was 1987.
Where is Babak most popular?
The top states for the name Babak are California (52 births).
How long has the name Babak been used?
Babak has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 37 years of data through 2004.
What names are similar to Babak?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baby, Babyboy, Babe, Babatunde, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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.