Girls' name · since 1956
Babbie
Babbie has 88 recorded births since 1956 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Babbie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 88 have been recorded since 1956.
Social Security Administration records show Babbie recorded 88 times among girls since 1956, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1960s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1956 to 1962.
- #28,524 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 88 born since 1956
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Babbie ranks #28,524 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 88 born since 1956, peaking in the 1960s.
- #28,524 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 88
- born since 1956
- 1960s
- peak decade
Babbie's 88 recorded births place it above 60.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Babbie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Babbie's full recorded timeline at 1959, 74% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 26% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1957, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1960 peak of 20 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Babbie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1962
- Peak year (1960)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Babbie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (46 births, 52% of the file).
1960s was Babbie's strongest decade.
46 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Babbie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
42 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 46 births (52% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Babbie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~6 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, 1956–1962 (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 Babbie 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.