Recorded 1940–1976 Girls' name Peak 1949 98 births

Babetta — girls' name

98 babies named Babetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1940s401950s271960s61970s25
1940s
Peak decade

41% of everyone ever named Babetta was born in this single decade.

1949
Single peak year

9 babies were named Babetta in 1949 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Babetta

The Social Security Administration has registered 98 babies named Babetta between 1940 and 1976, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Babetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1976. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Babetta performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Babetta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Babetta 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 98 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.

Babetta at a glance

Last recorded 1976

Total births

98

Since 1940

37 years of records

Peak year

1949

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1940s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1976

Active since

1940

Recorded for 37 years

Last year on file: 1976

Babetta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1940

Last recorded 1976
Peak year (1949)
9
Annual births at peak — across 37 years of records
45678910 19761972196819521950194819441940 7

Babetta by decade

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

Peak: 1940s
Peak decade
1940s
40 births that decade — 41% of Babetta's all-time total
1940s401950s271960s61970s25

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Babetta?
98 babies have been named Babetta since 1940. It was last recorded in 1976. The peak year was 1949 with 9 births.
When was Babetta most popular?
Babetta was most popular in the 1940s decade with 40 total births. The single peak year was 1949.
How long has the name Babetta been used?
Babetta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1940, spanning 37 years of data through 1976.
What names are similar to Babetta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Baby, Babette, Babygirl, Babara, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1940–1976 (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.