Babe**
#8,669 most common girls' name of all time · #14,486 across all names · 47% male / 53% female · used 1880–1980 · genuinely unisex
Rank among girls
#8,669
Rank overall
#14,486 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
728
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1927 #2,038
Best rank
#1,331 1905
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Babe is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1957 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1947 | 5 | 8 | 13 | #5,338 |
| 1943 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,372 |
| 1937 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #3,829 |
| 1936 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #3,741 |
| 1935 | 6 | 9 | 15 | #3,779 |
| 1934 | — | 7 | 7 | — |
| 1933 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #3,437 |
| 1932 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #3,593 |
| 1931 | 11 | 5 | 16 | #2,602 |
| 1930 | 10 | 14 | 24 | #2,869 |
| 1929 | 15 | 16 | 31 | #2,206 |
| 1928 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #2,298 |
| 1927 | 19 | 14 | 33 | #2,038 |
| 1926 | — | 14 | 14 | — |
| 1925 | 11 | 10 | 21 | #2,952 |
| 1924 | 14 | 11 | 25 | #2,532 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,755 |
| 1922 | 16 | 10 | 26 | #2,307 |
| 1921 | 16 | 12 | 28 | #2,291 |
| 1920 | 15 | 11 | 26 | #2,366 |
| 1919 | 8 | 9 | 17 | #3,471 |
| 1918 | 12 | 8 | 20 | #2,684 |
| 1917 | 17 | 8 | 25 | #2,015 |
| 1916 | 11 | 7 | 18 | #2,679 |
| 1915 | 19 | 8 | 27 | #1,748 |
| 1914 | 8 | 6 | 14 | #2,667 |
| 1913 | 12 | 11 | 23 | #1,785 |
| 1912 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #2,390 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | 12 | #1,387 |
| 1910 | 9 | — | 9 | #1,665 |
| 1909 | 10 | 5 | 15 | #1,396 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,565 |
| 1907 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1905 | 9 | 7 | 16 | #1,331 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,916 |
| 1903 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,823 |
| 1902 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,633 |
| 1900 | 9 | 6 | 15 | #1,336 |
| 1899 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1898 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,728 |
| 1897 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1896 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1895 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1894 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,522 |
| 1891 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,361 |
| 1890 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,378 |
| 1882 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1880 | — | 5 | 5 | — |