Babiná (German: Frauenstuhl; Hungarian: Bábaszék) is a village and municipality of the Zvolen District in the Banská Bystrica Region of Slovakia

In historical records, the village was first mentioned in 1254. In 1270 German colonists settled here. It belonged to Dobrá Niva. in the 16th century it had to pay tributes to Turks. In the 17th century, it belonged to the Esterházy family. Before the establishment of independent Czechoslovakia in 1918, Babiná was part of Zólyom County within the Kingdom of Hungary. From 1939 to 1945, it was part of the Slovak Republic.

The records for genealogical research are available at the state archive in Banská Bystrica (Slovak: Štátny archív v Banskej Bystrici).

• Roman Catholic church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1731-1896 (parish A)
• Lutheran church records (births/marriages/deaths): 1791-1895 (parish A)
• Census records 1869 of Babina are not available at the state archive.

• List of municipalities and towns in Slovakia

• Media related to Babiná at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website
• https://web.archive.org/web/20071116010355/http://www.statistics.sk/mosmis/eng/run.html
• http://www.e-obce.sk/obec/babina/babina.html
• Surnames of living people in Babina