.babelrc is never auto created. You must go to the root directory of your project. Create a file – touch .babelrc, open the file and enter the babel settings here, then save. If you are following https://babeljs.io/blog/2015/10/31/setting-up-babel-6, Setting up Babel 6 and installed all the plugins and presets as stated, this may help.
{
"presets": [
"es2015",
"env",
"react",
"stage-2"
]
},
{
"plugins": [
"transform-es2015-arrow-functions",
"check-es2015-constants",
"transform-es2015-block-scoping"
]
}