The Bibb surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 3,796 people carried this name — #8,655 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 77,500 people counted. That is down 2% from 3,863 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Bibb surname

As an English and Welsh surname

Bardsley explains it as ‘at the bush’.

His entry covers Byah, Byaabe and BIbb.

From Charles W. Bardsley, A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames, with Special American Instances (London: Henry Frowde, 1901), p. 153 · public domain.

In the first U.S. census, 1790

15 Bibb families were counted in 1790.

Each family is counted by its head. About 102 people lived in those households, 6.8 to a family on average. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.

Families, by state

Virginia 13
Pennsylvania 1
South Carolina 1

U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 229 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.

In print

Bibb in American newspapers,
1898–1899.

Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Bibb
The San Francisco Call 1898-02-09
Newspaper page from The San Francisco Call carrying the name Bibb
The San Francisco Call 1898-02-10
Newspaper page from The Daily Morning Journal And Courier carrying the name Bibb
The Daily Morning Journal And Courier 1899-06-22

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 194,646 pages in all carry the name.

In print

Bibb in Australian newspapers,
1830s–1960s.

3,431 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bibb. The most, 908, date from the 1850s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.5 times its expected share.

Articles, by state

New South Wales 2,984
Victoria 195
Queensland 104
South Australia 64
Western Australia 38
Tasmania 37
ACT (Canberra) 6

Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Bibb.

Who carried it

People named Bibb,
with a public archive behind them.

  • George M. Bibb
    George M. Bibb 1776–1859 · judge
  • William Wyatt Bibb
    William Wyatt Bibb 1781–1820 · politician
  • Thomas Bibb
    Thomas Bibb 1783–1839 · politician
  • Henry Bibb
    Henry Bibb 1815–1854 · writer
  • Kathleen Hart Bibb
    Kathleen Hart Bibb 1889–1957 · vocalist
  • Albert Bibb d. 1943

Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

In the public record

People named Bibb,
in the records of 4 countries.

Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.

United States309 records

309 records of the Bibb name in the United States
  • U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 188
  • U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 81
  • Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 16
  • New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 15
  • New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 6
  • U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 2
  • U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 1
  1. A United States Selective Service registration card, 1942
    Example: U.S. registration card, 1942
    Military record John T. Bibb

    Born 1914 in Illinois. Enlisted 1942 at Chicago; auto mechanic from Cook County. U.S. Army Air Forces veteran of World War II; died 1989, buried at Linn Hebron Cemetery, Zenda, Wisconsin.

    U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record John Bibb

    Arrived at New York in 1886 aboard the Umbria from Liverpool, aged 34; laborer. From England; bound for Boston.

    U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
  3. A U.S. Army record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864
    Example: U.S. burial record, 1864
    Burial record Henry C. Bibb

    Confederate Army veteran. Born 1836, died 1873; buried at Bibb Family Cemetery, Belle Mina, Alabama.

    U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0)

Showing 3 of 309 records for Bibb in the United States.

Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Record of death and interment, Camp Nelson, Kentucky, 1864, U.S. National Archives (public domain).

Australia16 records

16 records of the Bibb name in Australia
  • NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
  • Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 7
  • Tasmanian Names Index 2
  1. An 1829 etching of convicts being rowed out to the prison ship York in Portsmouth Harbour
    Pictured: convicts going on board a prison ship, 1829
    Transportation record William Bibb

    Transported to Van Diemen's Land aboard the Phoenix, sailing from England in 1824. Native of Birmingham, Warwickshire.

    Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
  2. A passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, arriving at New York in 1903
    Example: passenger manifest, 1903
    Passenger record Sarah Bibb

    Arrived in Victoria in 1909 aboard the Medic, aged 54.

    Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0)
  3. A page of the Berlin civil register, 1880
    Example: civil register, 1880
    Death record Emily A. Bibb

    Of Warren, New South Wales; died 1892.

    Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY)

Showing 3 of 16 records for Bibb in Australia.

Counts: Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Prison-ship in Portsmouth Harbour, with the convicts going on board, etching by Edward William Cooke, 1829, Royal Museums Greenwich (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).

United Kingdom3 records

3 records of the Bibb name in the United Kingdom
  • St James's burial ground, Euston (London), 1789–1853 2
  • War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
  1. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record William Bibb

    Buried in 1846 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 61.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
  2. A First World War roll of honour of the staff of C. & E. Morton Ltd
    Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919
    War record H. Bibb

    Gunner, Royal Field Artillery. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1917.

    National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
  3. A page of the burial register of Newtown, Wales, 1858
    Example: burial register, 1858
    Burial record Ann Bibb

    Buried in 1846 at St James's burial ground, Euston, London, aged 63.

    MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Counts: MOLA and HS2, St James's burial ground data. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).

Canada1 record

1 record of the Bibb name in Canada Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver
  1. Fairview Lawn Cemetery in Halifax, Nova Scotia
    Example: Canadian cemetery
    Burial record Orin Taylor Bibb

    Died 1965; buried at Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver, British Columbia.

    City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver.

Counts: City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0).

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