Babette — girls' name

What the Data Says About Babette

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,277 babies named Babette between 1891 and 2023, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Babette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 178 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Babette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,172 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Babette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 474 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Babette in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Babette 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 3,277 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.