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Babyboy

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Babyboy is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 22 births. Its best rank was 945th, in 1991.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
220.00% of boys
Peak year
1998141 births
Best rank
#945in 1991
Since 1983
2,246people given the name
Babies named Babyboy, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,246 boys have been named Babyboy in the United States since 1983, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 141 births.

It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 1990s alone account for 43%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)
#1#250#500#750#100018801900192019401960198020002020

By decade

Decadeboys named Babyboy
1980s272
1990s968
2000s645
2010s212
2020s149

In 1998, its biggest year

Babyboy was the 977th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.

Names that rose and fell with Babyboy

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.