Bebe
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEE-bee
- Origin
- French
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
Bebe is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “baby”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies).
What does Bebe mean?
French: from French bebe 'baby'; also a pet form of Beatrice or Phoebe
“baby”
More on Wiktionary.
Is Bebe a girl's or a boy's name?
Bebe is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bebe in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Bebe, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 20 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bebe in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 39 girls in the UK were given Bebe or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #863, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Bibi 32
- Bebe 7
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Bebe in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,957 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 20 | #1,575 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,848 |
| 2008 | 13 | #2,046 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Bebe in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1932, with 61 girls. It first appears in the records in 1904.
Half of all the girls named Bebe in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1953, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bebe in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 12 | #9,535 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 6 | #5,816 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 22 | #2,448 |
| 1957 | 29 | #2,027 |
| 1956 | 26 | #2,150 |
| 1955 | 24 | #2,221 |
| 1954 | 22 | #2,294 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 19 | #2,410 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,859 |
| 1945 | 16 | #2,148 |
| 1944 | 10 | #2,945 |
| 1943 | 20 | #1,948 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 19 | #1,882 |
| 1940 | 18 | #1,899 |
| 1939 | 20 | #1,731 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 23 | #1,549 |
| 1935 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1934 | 27 | #1,409 |
| 1933 | 35 | #1,197 |
| 1932 | 61 | #899 |
| 1931 | 47 | #1,022 |
| 1930 | 50 | #1,041 |
| 1929 | 49 | #1,042 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,178 |
| 1927 | 40 | #1,233 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1925 | 47 | #1,119 |
| 1924 | 54 | #1,058 |
| 1923 | 58 | #976 |
| 1922 | 46 | #1,124 |
| 1921 | 27 | #1,625 |
| 1920 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,515 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,375 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,708 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,246 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 18 | #1,358 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 11 | #1,450 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 10 | #1,369 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 8 | #1,363 |
Names like Bebe
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Beatrice, Florence, Elsie, Olive, Lottie, Bonnie, Frankie, Rose, Rosie, Belle, Ruby, Millie
Other spellings of Bebe
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bebe: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bebe, updated 20 October 2026.