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Bb

bee-bee /bi bi/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
Not in the 2025 data · last seen 2021 (#10,799)
Babies in 2021
6 (<0.01% of boys)
Peak
#4,204 in 2000
First recorded
1998

Meaning of Bb

“Bb” is a playful, modern choice for baby boys whose double-letter design is as sweet and memorable as a bumblebee’s gentle hum. Pronounced “bee-bee” (/bi bi/), this inventive name grew from the affectionate habit of doubling initials and carries a cool nod to musical heritage—think B.B. King, the “Beale Street Blues Boy” whose riffs still inspire countless listeners. In Arkansas, Bb first buzzed onto the charts in 1998 with ten newborns (ranked 97), dipped to five in ’99 (ranked 103), then climbed back to sixteen in 2000 (ranked 92), a testament to its quietly growing charm. With its rhythmic warmth, natural imagery, and artistic flair, Bb invites parents to choose a name that’s uniquely memorable and full of promise, destined to leave a bright, buzzing mark wherever life leads.

How to pronounce Bb

Popularity of Bb in the U.S.

Bb was last recorded in the U.S. in 2021, ranked #10,799 with 6 babies. It peaked at #4,204 in 2000. It first appears in the records in 1998.

Bar and line chart: Bb in the U.S., 1998–2021. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 18 in 2000 and 6 in 2021. Line: rank among boy names, peak #4,204 in 2000, #10,799 in 2021.
  • Boys named Bb (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1998–2021. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1998⁠–⁠2021 7 rows
Bb: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2021610,799▲ 1,223
2020512,022back (not recorded in 2018–2019)
2017512,246▼ 61
2016512,185back (not recorded in 2001–2015)
2000184,204▲ 5,708
199959,912▼ 4,446
1998115,466new