Baby
About Baby
Baby is rarely seen as a given name — or even nickname — these days, although it did rank in the Top 1000 from 1989 to 2003. These instances can be accounted for in two ways. Firstly, infants whose birth certificates are not filled out on time are given generic placeholders for registration, such as Infant, Unknown, or Baby. But more influential during this decade was the 1987 movie Dirty Dancing, starring Jennifer Grey as Frances "Baby" Houseman. It's the origin of the famed line, "Nobody puts Baby in a corner."
Model Jessica Hart named her daughter Baby-Rae in November of 2020, in homage to the film. In an interview with People, she said, "I first heard it in the movie Dirty Dancing and always thought I'd love to name my daughter Baby."
Pronounced BAY-bee.
As of October 2026, Baby ranked #10223 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #692 in 1995.
Editor's take: The name Baby is a girl's name of English origin meaning "foreign woman".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,878 | 28 | 15.7 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,406 | 32 | 18.5 |
| 2018 | #4,471 | 31 | 18.2 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #4,028 | 36 | 21.9 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | #4,760 | 28 | 17.5 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
Similar names
These 20 names were selected by our users looking for other names like Baby.
- Sparkle
- Pink
- Precious
- Christmas
- Sugar
- Sunshine
- Rainbow
- Berry
- Babe
- Charisma
- Lady
- Queen
- Glorious
- Candy
- Vanity
- Faithful
- America
- Spring
- Cookie
- Fancy
Baby on lists
Famous Babys
- Baby Halder
Indian author
- Baby Constance Irene Theresia Huwae
Indonesian actress and singer
- Baby Spice
stage name of Emma Bunton, English singer formerly of The Spice Girls
- Baby
ring name of Shannon McNeill, American pro wrestler
- Baby do Brasil
stage name of Bernadete Dinorah de Carvalho Cidade, Brazilian singer
- Justine "Baby" Washington
American R&B singer
- Baby
nickname of Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria
Baby in pop culture
- Frances "Baby" Houseman
character in movie "Dirty Dancing" ("Nobody puts Baby in the corner")
- Baby
a character in In the After by Demitria Lunetta
- Baby Michealina de la Vega Factor
baby sister of Jane in "Jane the Virgin"
- Baby Carlyle
character in the book series Gossip Girl: The Carlyles
- "Baby
" song by Justin Bieber
- In "Lullabies for Little Criminals" by Heather O'Neill's
the 12,year,old main character says she can't wait to be a grown,up woman named Baby.
- Michael "Baby" Whitfield
character in the film "This Christmas"