How Many People Are Named Babette?

2,260

people named Babette are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 151,232 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,287 babies named Babette in Social Security records from 1891 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,215

๐Ÿ’Ž๐Ÿ’Ž Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,473

See the top 100

Peak Year

1961

183 births

Trend

โ†’

Stable (last 10 years)

๐Ÿ“– Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: French
Pronunciation: BA-BET
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

French diminutive of ELIZABETH.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

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โšง Gender Distribution

Female
99.8%
Male
0.2%

Almost all of the babies given the name Babette (99.8%) were girls.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ Age Distribution

The average person named Babette alive today is about 63 years old, and 69% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 58 and 69 in 2025.

Under 30 27
1.2%
30 to 59 664
29.4%
60 and over 1,569
69.4%

๐Ÿ“ˆ Popularity Over Time

Babette first appears in the records in 1891 and was given most often in 1961, to 183 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1891 to 2025

๐Ÿ† Rank History

Babette has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #786, in 1961. In 2025 it ranked #15,288.

Girls
Rank in 2025#15,288
Best rank#786 (1961)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#982 in the 1960s

๐Ÿ“ State-Wise Distribution

People named Babette alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Babette were born in New York than in any other state: about 262 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Babette was given 3.9 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in California and 2.1 times in Illinois.

New York 262
California 226
Illinois 112
Ohio 99
Pennsylvania 65
Michigan 45
Florida 35
Indiana 24
Texas 20
Missouri 18
New Jersey 17
Louisiana 17
Wisconsin 16
Colorado 10
Minnesota 6
Massachusetts 4
Oklahoma 4
Tennessee 4
Washington 4

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