Babs
Babs is a surname, a given name and a nickname.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Babs
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Babs is a surname, a given name and a nickname.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Babs
American parents first put Babs on the record books as a baby girl name in 1927, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1961, when 19 Babss were born — ranking #2,838 that year. The 1940s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 32% of all recorded Babss. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1963 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 285 Babss have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Babs
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Names that sound like Babs
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About the name Babs
Babs is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1927 and has accumulated 285 births in the dataset. Babs's peak popularity came in 1961 when it ranked #2,838. Use the chart and map above to compare Babs'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 .
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