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The table below indicates the number of times the name Baby has been given to baby boys 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 boys in each of these years.

**Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Baby**
Use of the Name Baby for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years	50 Years	25 Years	10 Years	5 Years	2 Years	1 Year
5,044	5,044	5,044	2,564	1,237	461	218

The table below indicates the number of times the name Baby has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004. Baby first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl 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 boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.

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

During the last 125 years, parents have used Baby as a boy's name about 56% of the time and as a girl's name about 43% of the time. This name has been considered suitable for either boys or girls. 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 boy names only 21 times during the last 125 years.

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