--- description: What's in a name? title: Indian Woman Gives Birth in Uber Cab, Names Baby Uber image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # A Woman in India Gave Birth in an Uber, So Guess What She Called Her Baby? ## Video: Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises [Watch (HLS stream): Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FXfKfdOg.m3u8) (1:00)  _Published 2015-05-08. The top 10 baby names of 2014 have been released, and some new names have made the cut._ by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2015 7:18 AM CUT by [Rishi Iyengar](/author/rishi-iyengar/) ## Rishi Iyengar Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 15, 2015 7:18 AM CUT A woman in India has decided to [name her newborn son Uber](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Baby-born-in-Uber-cab-named-after-firm/articleshow/50144784.cms "undefined") after giving birth to him in one of the ride-sharing company’s taxis in New Delhi en route to the hospital. The woman, named Babli, ordered a cab using Uber’s globally popular app on Saturday when her calls for an ambulance went unanswered, reports the _Times of India._ She was accompanied by two other women, who helped deliver the baby along with the driver when it became too late to reach the hospital. “The woman was writhing in pain and her friends did not know what to do,” the driver Shahnawaz told the _Times_. “The child was born within minutes and I was really happy to see that he was responding,” he added. Granted the honor of naming the baby after his heroic actions — which included rushing the mother to the hospital immediately after the birth and personally carrying her in on a stretcher — Shahnawaz naturally chose his employer: Uber. \[[_Times of India_](http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Baby-born-in-Uber-cab-named-after-firm/articleshow/50144784.cms "undefined")\] **Next:** [_Find Out What Your Name Would Be if You Were Born Today_](http://time.com/3856405/baby-name-popularity/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4148914/india-delhi-uber-baby-birth-name/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4148914/india-delhi-uber-baby-birth-name/"},"headline":"A Woman in India Gave Birth in an Uber, So Guess What She Called Her Baby?","datePublished":"2015-12-15T07:18:41.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:27:44.153Z","description":"Afraid so","url":"https://time.com/4148914/india-delhi-uber-baby-birth-name/","keywords":["Newsfeed","India","New Delhi","baby","birth","Uber","hospital","delivery"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Rishi Iyengar","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/rishi-iyengar/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4148914/india-delhi-uber-baby-birth-name/","name":"A Woman in India Gave Birth in an Uber, So Guess What She Called Her Baby?"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Most Popular Baby Names Of 2014 Include Some Surprises","description":"The top 10 baby names of 2014 have been released, and some new names have made the cut.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/FXfKfdOg/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2015-05-08T16:19:15.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/FXfKfdOg.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/4148914/india-delhi-uber-baby-birth-name/","duration":"PT1M","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/4148914/india-delhi-uber-baby-birth-name/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```