Babs
About Babs
Babs is an old-fashioned nickname for Barbara, itself an old-fashioned name that was hugely popular in the 20th century but that's not (yet) on its way back in. If you really want a vintage-y nickname name with a lot of attitude that bucks the current friends, go for Babs instead of Betty or Bea.
Pronounced BABZ.
As of October 2026, Babs ranked #5930 in US births in 1963 SSA, peaked at #2552 in 1933.
Editor's take: The name Babs is a girl's name meaning "foreign woman".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Babs on lists
Famous Babss
- Babs Tarr
American comic book artist
- Babs Reingold
Venezuelan,American conceptual artist
- Babs Gonzales (born Lee Brown)
American male jazz singer
- Aliu Babatunde "Babs" Fafunwa
Nigerian male educator and politician
- Barbara "Babs" Walters
American television journalist
Babs in pop culture
- Babs Bunny
character in animated TV show "Tiny Toon Adventures"
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land speed record car built and driven by John Parry,Thomas in 1926
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chicken in animated movie "Chicken Run"
- Babs Seed
character on animated TV show "My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic"
- Babs Kramer
mother of Cosmo Kramer on TV's "Seinfeld"
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an affectionate nickname often used in the Midlands Region of England
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A character in Bad Bunny by David Williams