Given name & surname
Baby
“a beloved child; a spoiled daughter”·“a beloved child; a spoiled son”
Baby is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a beloved child; a spoiled daughter” (English) and “a beloved child; a spoiled son” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a beloved child; a spoiled daughter” (English) and “a beloved child; a spoiled son” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Baby through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12,481
- 6,374 boys · 6,107 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 672 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #6,177 for boys · #10,223 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 54% boys.
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 14 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,177 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 3.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 373 in 1994. It also appeared in 9 birth records for girls in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 15,306 as a first name in 2020; 1,901 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Baby’s family of names
Baby has a related form in Bebe. Baby has a related form in Babe. Baby has a related form in Babea.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Baby
- Baby HalderIndian author (born 1973)
- Baby LeRoyactor1932–2001
- Baby EtchecoparArgentinian actor, radio and TV presenterborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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