Babette
Babette is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 786th, in 1961.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1961178 births
- Best rank
- #786in 1961
- Since 1891
- 3,277people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,277 girls have been named Babette in the United States since 1891, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1961, with 178 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 178 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 6 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Babette | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 11 | |
| 1910s | 146 | |
| 1920s | 284 | |
| 1930s | 204 | |
| 1940s | 304 | |
| 1950s | 728 | |
| 1960s | 1,172 | |
| 1970s | 280 | |
| 1980s | 96 | |
| 1990s | 25 | |
| 2000s | 5 | |
| 2010s | 7 | |
| 2020s | 10 |
In 1961, its biggest year
Babette was the 786th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1961 were Mary, Lisa, Susan, Linda and Karen. See all of 1961.
Names that rose and fell with Babette
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Nannettepeak 1963
- Loreenpeak 1964
- Fondapeak 1963
- Annettepeak 1960
- Benitapeak 1961
- Vernitapeak 1961
- Arnitapeak 1956
- Lorepeak 1961
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.