What was Babe Ruth's full birth name?

Babe Ruth’s full birth name was George Herman Ruth Jr. He was born on February 6, 1895, in Baltimore, Maryland, to George Herman Ruth Sr. and Katherine Schamberger Ruth, who were both of German ancestry.

Ruth was born at 216 Emory Street in Baltimore’s Pigtown neighborhood, in a house owned by his maternal grandfather, Pius Schamberger. His father worked a succession of jobs before becoming involved in the family’s grocery and saloon business. Ruth’s childhood was difficult, and at age seven he was sent to St. Mary’s Industrial School for Boys.

At St. Mary’s, Brother Matthias encouraged Ruth’s baseball talent and helped shape him into a pitcher. His nickname, “Babe,” emerged during his early professional career with the Baltimore Orioles, where older players and observers treated him as the club owner’s promising young “babe.”

The name George Herman Ruth Jr. is sometimes shortened to George Ruth in references, but the stored answer gives the canonical full name. “Babe” was a nickname, not part of his birth name.