Babs

Popularity Trends

The name Babs is the #7,454 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 285 recorded births since 1927. This represents the 3.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,431 (5.0% percentile) for all time with 285 births since 1927.

Babs first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1927 (first recorded for girls in 1927). Birth data for Babs is available in 32 out of the 37 years between 1927 and 1963. 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.

For girls, Babs reached its peak popularity in 1961, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #774) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1933, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1963.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Babs".

1927 1963 19271963

Key Statistics

Total Births

285

Peak Births

Peak Year

1961

First Recorded

1927

Peak Percentile

1.8%

Current Percentile

—

Peak Rank

#774

Current Rank

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Female statistics

Names That Sound Similar

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Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Babs", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Babs.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Babs's popularity from 1924 to 1966 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Babs at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Babs range from Rosemarie at 83.5% correlation to Joann at 80.9% correlation, with an average correlation level of 81.9%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Barbara with 1.4M births (100% girls) and the least popular is Jorene with 515 births (100% girls).

Babs' share of births peaked at 10.5 births per million for girls in 1961. It reached its lowest point of 3.1 births per million (30% of peak) in 1953. In 1963, the most recent period with data, the name Babs had 3.5 births per million, 33% of its peak popularity.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Rosemarie

51.2k

83.46% (very strong)

Beverly

382.7k

82.92% (very strong)

Marylou

13.1k

82.82% (very strong)

Joyce

511.7k

82.73% (very strong)

Peggy

293.5k

81.93% (very strong)

Joanne

212.3k

81.83% (very strong)

Jorene

515

81.68% (very strong)

Marilou

3,223

81.43% (very strong)

Barbara

1.4M

81.13% (very strong)

Marilyn

374k

81.11% (very strong)

Delorse

1,142

80.99% (very strong)

Joann

157.3k

80.92% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Babs

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Babs. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Babs is pronounced as babz, which has 1 syllables.

babz

100.0%

babz (1 syllable)

Verified

100.0% confidence

B AE1 B Z

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B AE1 B Z) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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