Bibb — boys' name
35 babies named Bibb in U.S. Social Security records since 1926, with the highest year being 1926. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
74% of everyone ever named Bibb was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Bibb in 1926 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Bibb
The Social Security Administration has registered 35 babies named Bibb between 1926 and 1934, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bibb currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1934. The name reached its historical peak in 1926, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Bibb performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bibb shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bibb in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Bibb 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 35 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.
Bibb at a glance
Last recorded 1934Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bibb popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1934–1926
- Peak year (1926)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1934.
35 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1926 with 14 births in a single year.
Bibb by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 26 births that decade — 74% of Bibb's all-time total
Bibb decade highlights
- Peak decade 26 births
- Runner-up 9 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Bibb's strongest decade
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 74% of all-time use.
Bibb by state
Where Bibb concentrates geographically — total births since 1926
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 33 | 94.3% |
33 of 35 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 94.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 94.3% 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, 1926–1934 (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.