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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Bebe” in the USA?

Number of people named “Bebe” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Bebe” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Bebe” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Bebe” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Bebe” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Bebe” by birth year

This chart shows how “Bebe” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1904 8 0.000019827 8 100%
1905 6 0.000014154 6 100%
1907 9 0.000019339 9 100%
1908 13 0.000026604 13 100%
1909 10 0.000019561 10 100%
1910 12 0.000020315 12 100%
1911 11 0.000017073 11 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 18 0.00001583 18 100%
1914 8 0.000005648 8 100%
1915 17 0.000009277 17 100%
1916 14 0.000007237 14 100%
1917 21 0.000010465 21 100%
1918 14 0.000006448 14 100%
1919 13 0.00000616 13 100%
1920 40 0.000017678 40 100%
1921 27 0.000011566 27 100%
1922 46 0.000020095 46 100%
1923 58 0.00002519 58 100%
1924 54 0.000022674 54 100%
1925 47 0.000020143 47 100%
1926 46 0.000020036 46 100%
1927 40 0.000017246 40 100%
1928 42 0.000018576 42 100%
1929 49 0.000022352 49 100%
1930 50 0.000022489 50 100%
1931 47 0.000022334 47 100%
1932 61 0.000028892 61 100%
1933 35 0.000017505 35 100%
1934 27 0.000013001 27 100%
1935 20 0.00000957 20 100%
1936 23 0.000011071 23 100%
1937 17 0.000007979 17 100%
1938 19 0.000008587 19 100%
1939 20 0.000009077 20 100%
1940 18 0.000007817 18 100%
1941 19 0.000007798 19 100%
1942 14 0.000005125 14 100%
1943 20 0.000007086 20 100%
1944 10 0.000003717 10 100%
1945 16 0.000006031 16 100%
1946 24 0.000007511 24 100%
1947 19 0.000005274 19 100%
1948 17 0.000004924 17 100%
1949 11 0.000003157 11 100%
1950 18 0.000005138 18 100%
1951 16 0.000004343 16 100%
1952 19 0.000005003 19 100%
1953 20 0.00000519 20 100%
1954 22 0.000005527 22 100%
1955 24 0.000005977 24 100%
1956 26 0.000006306 26 100%
1957 29 0.000006901 29 100%
1958 22 0.000005322 22 100%
1959 15 0.000003608 15 100%
1960 17 0.000004093 17 100%
1961 11 0.000002656 11 100%
1962 8 0.000001982 8 100%
1963 6 0.000001516 6 100%
1965 6 0.000001655 6 100%
1966 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1967 11 0.00000324 11 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1976 6 0.000001977 6 100%
1988 5 0.000001353 5 100%
1999 5 0.000001354 5 100%
2000 8 0.000002116 8 100%
2001 5 0.000001336 5 100%
2003 14 0.000003682 14 100%
2004 6 0.00000157 6 100%
2005 12 0.000003121 12 100%
2006 6 0.000001517 6 100%
2007 12 0.000003002 12 100%
2008 9 0.00000229 9 100%
2009 7 0.000001832 7 100%
2010 7 0.000001894 7 100%
2012 9 0.000002461 9 100%
2013 6 0.000001646 6 100%
2014 10 0.000002698 10 100%
2015 10 0.000002702 10 100%
2016 7 0.000001908 7 100%
2018 8 0.000002275 8 100%
2020 8 0.000002395 8 100%
2021 7 0.000002066 7 100%
2024 6 0.000001803 6 100%

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