Babe is a rare name used for both girls and boys that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Babe is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1980. Babe was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1915 (19 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 5 | — | — | #6,337 |
| 1978 | 5 | — | — | #5,871 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | — | #4,973 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | — | #4,032 |
| 1957 | 6 | — | — | #3,587 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #5,360 | #2,885 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | — | #3,249 |
| 1938 | 11 | — | #4,395 | #3,203 |
| 1937 | 11 | — | #3,839 | #3,562 |
| 1936 | 16 | — | #3,732 | #2,308 |
| 1935 | 15 | — | #3,791 | #2,542 |
| 1934 | 7 | — | — | #2,999 |
| 1933 | 18 | — | #3,436 | #2,219 |
| 1932 | 15 | — | #3,600 | #2,867 |
| 1931 | 16 | — | #2,592 | #3,803 |
| 1930 | 24 | — | #2,862 | #2,087 |
| 1929 | 31 | — | #2,201 | #1,936 |
| 1928 | 26 | — | #2,292 | #2,531 |
| 1927 | 33 | — | #2,029 | #2,207 |
| 1926 | 14 | — | — | #2,199 |
| 1925 | 21 | — | #2,958 | #2,765 |
| 1924 | 25 | — | #2,527 | #2,660 |
| 1923 | 12 | — | #2,743 | — |
| 1922 | 26 | — | #2,301 | #2,815 |
| 1921 | 28 | — | #2,295 | #2,509 |
| 1920 | 26 | — | #2,365 | #2,612 |
| 1919 | 17 | — | #3,492 | #2,896 |
| 1918 | 20 | — | #2,693 | #3,123 |
| 1917 | 25 | — | #2,005 | #2,973 |
| 1916 | 18 | — | #2,682 | #3,203 |
| 1915 | 27 | — | #1,745 | #2,846 |
| 1914 | 14 | — | #2,657 | #2,948 |
| 1913 | 23 | — | #1,777 | #1,685 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #2,390 | #1,759 |
| 1911 | 12 | — | #1,379 | — |
| 1910 | 9 | — | #1,646 | — |
| 1909 | 15 | — | #1,375 | #1,468 |
| 1908 | 8 | — | #1,555 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,205 |
| 1905 | 16 | — | #1,311 | #1,009 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,918 | — |
| 1903 | 5 | — | #1,819 | — |
| 1902 | 6 | — | #1,620 | — |
| 1900 | 15 | — | #1,327 | #1,179 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #939 |
| 1898 | 5 | — | #1,728 | — |
| 1897 | 5 | — | — | #1,074 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | — | #1,114 |
| 1895 | 5 | — | — | #1,091 |
| 1894 | 5 | — | #1,511 | — |
| 1891 | 5 | — | #1,349 | — |
| 1890 | 5 | — | #1,350 | — |
| 1882 | 5 | — | — | #952 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #921 |