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.
33% of everyone ever named Bb was born in this single decade.
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 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1998
- Peak year (2000)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
55 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 18 births in a single year.
Bb by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 18 births that decade — 33% of Bb's all-time total
Bb decade highlights
- Peak decade 18 births
- Runner-up 16 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Bb's strongest decade
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
Bb by state
Where Bb concentrates geographically — total births since 1998
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 31 | 56.4% |
31 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 56.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 56.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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.