Recorded 1998–2017 Girls' name Peak 2000 55 births

Bg — girls' name

55 babies named Bg 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.

1990s192000s172010s19
1990s
Peak decade

35% of everyone ever named Bg was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

17 babies were named Bg in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bg

The Social Security Administration has registered 55 babies named Bg between 1998 and 2017, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bg currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bg performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 19 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bg shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 30 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bg in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bg 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.

Bg at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

55

Since 1998

20 years of records

Peak year

2000

17 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1998

Recorded for 20 years

Last year on file: 2017

Bg popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1998

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2000)
17
Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
05101520 201720122010200019991998 14

Bg by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
19 births that decade — 35% of Bg's all-time total
1990s192000s172010s19

Bg by state

Where Bg concentrates geographically — total births since 1998

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bg
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Arkansas
30 54.5%
Arkansas share of Bg's total US births 54.5%

30 of 55 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bg?
55 babies have been named Bg since 1998. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2000 with 17 births.
When was Bg most popular?
Bg was most popular in the 1990s decade with 19 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Bg most popular?
The top states for the name Bg are Arkansas (30 births).
How long has the name Bg been used?
Bg has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 20 years of data through 2017.

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, 1998–2017 (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.