Is Babe a boy or girl name?

Babe is a unisex name. Of the 728 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 52.6% were girls and 47.4% were boys. It changed hands in 1929, and has gone mainly to boys since.

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Babe

Recorded 1880–1980 · United States

Babe was most popular in 1927, when 33 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,517 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 728 people named Babe.

Babe over time

Births per year. The dot marks Babe’s peak in 1927. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Babe a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Babe is a unisex name — 52.6% of the 728 Americans given it were girls and 47.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 1929 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org