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The table below indicates the number of times the name Baby has been given to baby girls in recent years. The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004. The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Baby**
Use of the Name Baby for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
3,832	3,832	3,832	2,227	994	245	0

The table below indicates the number of times the name Baby has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004. Baby first appeared in the top thousand girl or boy names during 1984, which is the first year shown on the table. A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.

**Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Baby**
	Used as a Girl Name		Used as a Boy Name
Year	Rank	Count	Rank	Count
1984			936	88
1985			957	91
1986			893	103
1987			778	139
1988			716	171
1989	834	226	601	266
1990	861	228	610	271
1991	779	262	569	314
1992	725	294	559	333
1993	720	296	557	331
1994	700	299	525	373
1995	689	308	555	334
1996	898	219	637	264
1997	867	235	677	240
1998	900	234	731	223
1999	894	237	648	266
2000	847	261	645	281
2001	900	251	672	268
2002	940	237	755	227
2003	952	245	737	243
2004			807	218
Totals:		3,832		5,044

During the last 125 years, parents have used Baby as a girl's name about 43% of the time and as a boy's name about 56% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either girls or boys. Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are significantly lower than actual counts because the name Baby appears in the top 1,000 girl names only 15 times during the last 125 years.

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