Babara — girls' name
431 babies named Babara in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Babara was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Babara in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Babara
The Social Security Administration has registered 431 babies named Babara between 1918 and 1989, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Babara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Babara performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Babara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Babara 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 431 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.
Babara at a glance
Last recorded 1989Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Babara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–1918
- Peak year (1963)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 72 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1989.
431 total births across 72 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 20 births in a single year.
Babara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 107 births that decade — 25% of Babara's all-time total
Babara decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 104 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Babara's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
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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, 1918–1989 (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.