| Báb | |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Type1: | Region |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Nitra District |
| Pushpin Map: | Slovakia Nitra Region#Slovakia |
| Pushpin Relief: | 1 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Báb, Nitra District in the Nitra Region##Location of Báb, Nitra District in Slovakia |
| Coordinates: | 48.31°N 17.87°W |
| Established Title: | First mentioned |
| Established Date: | 1156 |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 20.09 |
| Elevation Footnotes: | [2] |
| Elevation M: | 163 |
| Population Footnotes: | [3] |
| Population Total: | 1243 |
| Timezone1: | CET |
| Utc Offset1: | +1 |
| Timezone1 Dst: | CEST |
| Utc Offset1 Dst: | +2 |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 951 34 |
| Area Code: | +421 37 |
| Blank Name: | Car plate |
| Blank Info: | NR |
Báb is a village and municipality in the Nitra District in western central Slovakia, in the Nitra Region.
The village was created in 1955 from the merger of two formerly independent villages, Malý Báb and Velký Báb. Veľký Báb was first mentioned in historical records in 1156 and Malý Báb in 1365. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, the two villages were part of Nyitra County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, they were part of the Slovak Republic.
The village lies at an altitude of 150 metres and covers an area of 20.091 km². It is located approximately 16 km west of Nitra.
The village is approximately 99% Slovak.
The village has a public library, a gym, and a football pitch.
The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Bratislava (Slovak: Štátny archív v Bratislave) and the state archive in Nitra (Slovak: Štátny archív v Nitre).