Bebe
Bebe is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 6 births. Its best rank was 900th, in 1932.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 60.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 193261 births
- Best rank
- #900in 1932
- Since 1904
- 1,573people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,573 girls have been named Bebe in the United States since 1904, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1932, with 61 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1932, and the 1920s alone account for 29%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Bebe | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 46 | |
| 1910s | 134 | |
| 1920s | 449 | |
| 1930s | 319 | |
| 1940s | 168 | |
| 1950s | 211 | |
| 1960s | 66 | |
| 1970s | 13 | |
| 1980s | 5 | |
| 1990s | 5 | |
| 2000s | 79 | |
| 2010s | 57 | |
| 2020s | 21 |
In 1932, its biggest year
Bebe was the 900th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1932 were Mary, Betty, Barbara, Dorothy and Joan. See all of 1932.
Names that rose and fell with Bebe
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Conchapeak 1925
- Margoriepeak 1925
- Dorispeak 1928
- Clarinepeak 1923
- Naidapeak 1930
- Jeanepeak 1924
- Eleasepeak 1923
- Ignaciapeak 1926
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.