Baby
Baby was the 6177th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 524th with 373 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 189 places. More babies were named Baby in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #6,177 boys, down 2,595 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 14boys
- Girls and boys
- 45% girls, 55% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1994373 babies
- Total since 1880
- 12,481babies recorded
Baby popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #10,223 | #6,177 | 9 | 14 |
| 2020 | #5,033 | #3,582 | 25 | 30 |
| 2010 | #6,418 | #4,535 | 20 | 21 |
| 2000 | #844 | #646 | 263 | 281 |
| 1990 | #864 | #611 | 227 | 271 |
| 1980 | #3,623 | #2,286 | 22 | 22 |
| 1970 | — | #2,908 | — | 11 |
| 1960 | — | — | — | — |
| 1950 | #3,441 | #3,348 | 10 | 6 |
| 1940 | #2,976 | — | 9 | — |
| 1930 | #1,463 | #2,455 | 28 | 11 |
| 1920 | #3,121 | #3,853 | 10 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Baby, counting every spelling?
Baby has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Baby?
14 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Baby (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Baby born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 596 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Baby.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Baby?
About 6,000 people born in the US named Baby are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 25 and 35. That makes Baby mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Baby by state
How common Baby was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (6.2×). In 47 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Baby: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Baby, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Baby
How popular is the name Baby?
Baby was the 6177th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 14 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 524th with 373 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 189 places. More babies were named Baby in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Baby a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 45% girls, 55% boys given the name Baby in the US.
Where is Baby most popular?
In 2021–2025, Baby was most common in Georgia (0.11 per 1,000 boys), followed by Pennsylvania and Washington.