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    The surname Baby

    A Malayalam surname, carried by 614 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex B100

    Baby: #36,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Baby #36,426, 614 people Baby: #36,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Baby #36,426, 614 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Baby is more common than 77.5% of them.

    Origin

    Malayalam origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 614 people named Baby in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. That is up 44% since 2000, when the Census counted 426.

    #36,426
    rank among US surnames
    614
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +44.1%
    change since 2000 (was #46,944)

    Who is named Baby

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    71% of people named Baby identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 20% as white (not Hispanic) and 5.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 71%
    • White (not Hispanic) 20%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Baby

    Baby has the Soundex code B100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code B100.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Baby come from?
    Two main origins: * Borrowed from Malayalam ബേബി (bēbi), a surname typically found in Kerala. * Borrowed from French Baby.
    How common is the surname Baby?
    614 people in the United States had the surname Baby in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 502,843 Americans. It ranked 36,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Baby?
    In the 2010 Census, 71% of people named Baby identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 20% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Baby getting more or less common?
    More common. 426 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 614 in 2010, up 44%.