first name
BABY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 15,306 people named Baby, 46.6% reported their origin as White, 21.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.7% as Black. 53.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Baby peaked in 1994, when 672 babies got the name.
At least 12,481 babies have been given the name since 1912. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Baby by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #868. The largest share of babies named Baby, 48%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Baby is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Baby has been most common in New Hampshire (16×), Pennsylvania (5.3×), and Virginia (4.2×), and least common in Illinois (0.07×).
8,955 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Baby
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Baby, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Baby ranks #14,939 of 156,621, with 1,901 people. See Baby as a last name
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