Baber
Baber is a name with a single cultural origin: Urdu.
- Urdu
Meaning & Origin of Baber
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Baber is a name with a single cultural origin: Urdu.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Urdu
The Story of Baber
American parents first put Baber on the record books as a baby boy name in 1987, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1987, when 6 Babers were born — ranking #6,089 that year. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1987 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 6 Babers have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1980s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Baber
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Baber. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Babar
- Babur
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About the name Baber
Baber is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1987 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Baber's peak popularity came in 1987 when it ranked #6,089. Use the chart and map above to compare Baber's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.