Bebe — #13491 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Bebe

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,573 babies named Bebe between 1904 and 2024, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bebe currently holds the #13491 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1932, when 61 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bebe performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 449 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Bebe shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 64 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Bebe in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bebe 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 1,573 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.