Girls' name · since 1959
Babby
Babby has 34 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #39,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Babby sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 1959.
Babby has 34 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1959 to 1962.
- #39,400 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1959
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Babby ranks #39,400 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1959, peaking in the 1960s.
- #39,400 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1959
- 1960s
- peak decade
Babby's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Babby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Babby splits its recorded history at 1961: 41% of all births land in the more recent half, 59% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1959 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1960 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Babby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–1962
- Peak year (1960)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 4 years of records
Babby by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (29 births, 85% of the file).
1960s was Babby's strongest decade.
29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Babby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s
1960s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 29 births (85% of all-time use).
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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, 1959–1962 (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 Babby 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.