Baby is a unisex name with a modern feel, drawn from real birth records. Below you'll find what Baby means and where it comes from, plus how many babies have been named Baby across the United States, UK, Ireland and New Zealand, how popular Baby has been over the decades, and the year it peaked.
Baby is a unisex name of English origin meaning “infant, young child”. An English word name, sometimes recorded as a placeholder given name.
| Country | Births on record |
|---|---|
| United States since 1880 | 12,481 births |
| England & Wales since 1996 | 608 births |
| Ireland since 1964 | 161 births |
Counts come from official national birth-registration statistics: U.S. Social Security Administration, England & Wales (Office for National Statistics), Scotland (National Records of Scotland), Northern Ireland (NISRA), Ireland (Central Statistics Office) and New Zealand (Dept. of Internal Affairs). Coverage spans differ, so totals aren't directly comparable across countries.
Babies named Baby per year, United States (1912 to 2025). United States peaked in 1994 (672/yr) · Ireland peaked in 1992 (121/yr) · England & Wales peaked in 2024 (47/yr).
Baby has been a fairly common baby name in the United States. It was most common in 1994, when it ranked #735 nationally (given to 672 babies that year).
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