Girls' name · since 1927
Babs
285 babies named Babs in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 285
- born since 1927
- 1940s
- peak decade
Babs is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 285 have been recorded since 1927.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Babs has been recorded 285 times among girls since 1927, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1940s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1927 to 1963.
- #16,349 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 285 born since 1927
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Babs ranks #16,349 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 285 born since 1927, peaking in the 1940s.
- #16,349 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 285
- born since 1927
- 1940s
- peak decade
Babs's 285 recorded births place it above 77.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Babs's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Babs's SSA record in two at 1945 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1930, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Babs popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1927–1963
- Peak year (1961)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Babs by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (91 births, 32% of the file).
1940s was Babs's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Babs births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 19
1920s
19 births
- 1930s
1930s
69 births
- 1940s
1940s
91 births
- 1950s
1950s
58 births
- 1960s
1960s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 91 births (32% of all-time use).
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- Babs's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (91 total births) through the 1960s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Babs: 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 (~36 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, 1927–1963 (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 Babs 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.