# Baba (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/baba/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,727 |
| US rank (2010) | 16,601 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 178,776 people |
| Change since 2000 | +14% (1,516 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baba in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 49% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 12% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 33% |
| Two or more races | 3.6% |

## Similar surnames

Babb, Babu, Baby, Beebe, Bobo, Bybee, Bibb, Bove, Bobb, Bova, Bopp, Bovee.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.