# Baby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/baby/  
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 | 12,481 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,374 / 6,107 (49% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 640, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 7,159 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,192 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,509 |
| 2014 | 16 | 7,364 |
| 2015 | 28 | 4,878 |
| 2016 | 24 | 5,479 |
| 2017 | 32 | 4,407 |
| 2018 | 31 | 4,471 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,332 |
| 2020 | 25 | 5,033 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,944 |
| 2022 | 20 | 6,025 |
| 2023 | 32 | 4,377 |
| 2024 | 28 | 4,785 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,223 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 16 | 5,453 |
| 2012 | 20 | 4,708 |
| 2013 | 18 | 4,997 |
| 2014 | 13 | 6,336 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,366 |
| 2016 | 19 | 4,969 |
| 2017 | 33 | 3,388 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,113 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,060 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,582 |
| 2021 | 37 | 3,186 |
| 2022 | 49 | 2,677 |
| 2023 | 30 | 3,725 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,454 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,177 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,893 |
| 2012 | 16 | 1,809 |
| 2013 | 12 | 2,176 |
| 2014 | 11 | 2,314 |
| 2015 | 15 | 1,865 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,920 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,649 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,499 |
| 2022 | 14 | 1,948 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,959 |
| 2024 | 16 | 1,819 |
| 2025 | 13 | 2,138 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 18 | 1,367 |
| 2013 | 17 | 1,404 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 28 | 1,022 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 25 | 1,083 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,228 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,218 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,224 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 31 | 981 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## People named Baby

- Baby LeRoy, actor

## 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.