Recorded 1998–2021 Boys' name Peak 2000 55 births

Bb — boys' name

55 babies named Bb in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s162000s182010s102020s11
2000s
Peak decade

33% of everyone ever named Bb was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

18 babies were named Bb in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bb

The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Bb between 1998 and 2021, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bb currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bb performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bb shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 31 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bb in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bb 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 55 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.

Bb at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

55

Since 1998

24 years of records

Peak year

2000

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1998

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2021

Bb popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1998

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2000)
18
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
05101520 2021202020172016200019991998 11

Bb by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
18 births that decade — 33% of Bb's all-time total
1990s162000s182010s102020s11

Bb by state

Where Bb concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bb
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Arkansas
31 56.4%
Arkansas share of Bb's total US births 56.4%

31 of 55 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bb?
55 babies have been named Bb since 1998. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2000 with 18 births.
When was Bb most popular?
Bb was most popular in the 2000s decade with 18 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Bb most popular?
The top states for the name Bb are Arkansas (31 births).
How long has the name Bb been used?
Bb has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 24 years of data through 2021.

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, 1998–2021 (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.