# Babe (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/babe/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 728 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 345 / 383 (53% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Use of the common noun babe as a (nick)name.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 12 | 2,743 |
| 1924 | 14 | 2,527 |
| 1925 | 11 | 2,958 |
| 1927 | 19 | 2,029 |
| 1928 | 15 | 2,292 |
| 1929 | 15 | 2,201 |
| 1930 | 10 | 2,862 |
| 1931 | 11 | 2,592 |
| 1932 | 7 | 3,600 |
| 1933 | 7 | 3,436 |
| 1935 | 6 | 3,791 |
| 1936 | 6 | 3,732 |
| 1937 | 6 | 3,839 |
| 1938 | 5 | 4,395 |
| 1947 | 5 | 5,360 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 5 | 3,803 |
| 1932 | 8 | 2,867 |
| 1933 | 11 | 2,219 |
| 1934 | 7 | 2,999 |
| 1935 | 9 | 2,542 |
| 1936 | 10 | 2,308 |
| 1937 | 5 | 3,562 |
| 1938 | 6 | 3,203 |
| 1943 | 6 | 3,249 |
| 1947 | 8 | 2,885 |
| 1957 | 6 | 3,587 |
| 1959 | 5 | 4,032 |
| 1971 | 5 | 4,973 |
| 1978 | 5 | 5,871 |
| 1980 | 5 | 6,337 |

## People named Babe

- Babe Ruth, American baseball player (1895–1948)
- Babe London, actress (1901-1980)
- Babe Pratt, Canadian ice hockey player
- Babe Siebert, Canadian ice hockey player (1904-1939)
- Barbara Cushing, American editor and socialite (1915-1978)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.