How Many People Are Named Babs?
people named Babs are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,163,195 people in the US has this name
Based on 285 babies named Babs in Social Security records from 1927 to 1963, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
19 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BARBARA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Babs in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Babs alive today is about 74 years old, and 100% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 65 and 81 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Babs first appears in the records in 1927 and was given most often in 1961, to 19 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 1963.
Babies given the name each year, 1927 to 1963
🏆 Rank History
Babs has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #2,551, in 1933.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,551 (1933) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,299 in the 1940s |
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