How Many People Are Named Babak?
people named Babak are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,275,316 people in the US has this name
Based on 287 babies named Babak in Social Security records from 1968 to 2004, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "little father" in Persian. This was the name of the father of Ardashir, the founder of the Sassanid Empire in Persia. It was also borne by the 9th-century resistance leader Babak Khorramdin.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Babak in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Babak alive today is about 42 years old, and 93% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 37 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Babak first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 1987, to 22 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2004.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2004
🏆 Rank History
Babak has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,472, in 1987.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,472 (1987) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,227 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Babak alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Babak were born in California than in any other state: about 49 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Babak was given about 8 times as often in California.
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