The first name Babette
A girl’s name.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
A female given name.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
Babette last appeared in the official list in 2011, given to 4 girls.
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Babette with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Babette at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 5 girls born in the United States were named Babette, the 15,293rd most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1961, when 178 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Babette
3 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Babette ColeEnglish children's writer and illustrator (1950–2017)
- Babette van VeenDutch actress, singer and writer, born 1968
- Jean SteinAmerican writer and editor (1934-2017)
Questions
- How popular is the name Babette?
- In 2011, 4 girls born in England and Wales were named Babette, ranking 4,764th.
- Is Babette a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,287 US babies named Babette since 1880 were girls.
- When was Babette most popular?
- 1961 in the United States, when 178 babies were named Babette, its highest rank at 786th.