# Baby (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Malayalam |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 614 |
| US rank (2010) | 36,426 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 502,843 people |
| Change since 2000 | +44% (426 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Two main origins: * Borrowed from Malayalam ബേബി (bēbi), a surname typically found in Kerala. * Borrowed from French Baby.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Baby 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) | 20% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 71% |

## Similar surnames

Babb, Baba, Babu, 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.