Baby
Baby Origin and Meaning
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."
- Baby Rank in US Top 1000
- Names Similar to Baby
- Famous People Named Baby
- The name Baby in Pop Culture
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Baby Rank in US Top 1000
Popularity of the name Baby
20 Names Similar to Baby
Famous People Named Baby
- Baby HalderIndian author
- Baby Constance Irene Theresia HuwaeIndonesian actress and singer
- Baby Spicestage name of Emma Bunton, English singer formerly of The Spice Girls
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- Baby do Brasilstage name of Bernadete Dinorah de Carvalho Cidade, Brazilian singer
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- Babynickname of Princess Beatrice, youngest daughter of Queen Victoria
The name Baby in Pop Culture
- Frances "Baby" Housemancharacter in movie "Dirty Dancing" ("Nobody puts Baby in the corner")
- Babya character in In the After by Demitria Lunetta
- Baby Michealina de la Vega Factorbaby sister of Jane in "Jane the Virgin"
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- "Baby" song by Justin Bieber
- In "Lullabies for Little Criminals" by Heather O'Neill'sthe 12,year,old main character says she can't wait to be a grown,up woman named Baby.
- Michael "Baby" Whitfieldcharacter in the film "This Christmas"
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