Babs — girls' name

What the Data Says About Babs

The Social Security Administration has registered 285 babies named Babs between 1927 and 1963, spanning 37 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Babs currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1963. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Babs performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Babs shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Babs 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 285 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.