girls:
3.3k births since 1891
#3024 (47th percentile)
boys:
5 births since 1961
#4581 (0th percentile)
overall:
3.3k births since 1891
#4767 (38th percentile)
The name Babette is the #4,767 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,282 recorded births since 1891. This represents the 38.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 38.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,024 (47.1% percentile) for all time with 3,277 births since 1891. For boys, it ranks #4,581 (0.0% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1961.
Babette first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1891 (1891 for girls and 1961 for boys). Birth data for Babette is available in 91 out of the 133 years between 1891 and 2023 (91 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Babette has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.8% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Babette reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 21.9% percentile (ranked #616) with 86 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 86 births per million (ranked 21.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Babette ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 3.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Babette reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #666) with 2 births per million. The name was most common in 1961, with 2 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1961.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Babette".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Babette. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 53.7% confident that Babette is pronounced as buh-BEHT, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ba-BEHT, at 36.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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