Feminine dossier · first seen 1891

Babette

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Babette
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Decline Gradual decline from 1961

Peak era

1961

Peak rank proxy

178

Current vitality

Below reporting floor

Generation

Boomer

1891Peak 19612024

Peak year

1961

Decline from peak

100%

2024

All-time

3,277

Babette is past its period of maximum cultural dominance, but it has not disappeared. Unlike names that burn out quickly, it still carries enough usage to remain cross-generational rather than purely nostalgic.

Your name peaked in 1961, when 178 girls were named Babette.

No girls were recorded with this name in 2024 — at least not five of them (the SSA's reporting floor).

Down 100% from its peak.

All told, about 3,277 Americans have been named Babette and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1891.

Rarity scoreStatistical floor

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryGradual decline from 1961

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