Barb
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1960
493 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
3,853
since 1938
Born a Barb? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Barb was most popular in 1960, when 493 babies recorded as girls got the name (0.24 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Barb in 2025. Not recorded since 1972.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2003 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1988 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1983 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1982 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1981 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1980 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1979 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1978 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1977 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1976 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1975 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1974 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1973 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1972 | 9 | 5480 | <5 | — |
| 1971 | 12 | 4534 | <5 | — |
| 1970 | 25 | 2779 | <5 | — |
| 1969 | 28 | 2454 | <5 | — |
| 1968 | 32 | 2126 | <5 | — |
| 1967 | 65 | 1360 | <5 | — |
| 1966 | 78 | 1213 | <5 | — |
| 1965 | 149 | 815 | <5 | — |
| 1964 | 225 | 682 | <5 | — |
| 1963 | 267 | 617 | <5 | — |
| 1962 | 351 | 522 | <5 | — |
| 1961 | 452 | 459 | <5 | — |
| 1960 | 493 | 440 | <5 | — |
| 1959 | 464 | 445 | <5 | — |
| 1958 | 440 | 454 | <5 | — |
| 1957 | 290 | 565 | <5 | — |
| 1956 | 128 | 879 | <5 | — |
| 1955 | 51 | 1404 | <5 | — |
| 1954 | 28 | 1987 | <5 | — |
| 1953 | 22 | 2236 | <5 | — |
| 1952 | 12 | 3201 | <5 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | 4011 | <5 | — |
| 1950 | 17 | 2436 | <5 | — |
| 1949 | 29 | 1767 | <5 | — |
| 1948 | 30 | 1708 | <5 | — |
| 1947 | 36 | 1576 | <5 | — |
| 1946 | 31 | 1583 | <5 | — |
| 1945 | 17 | 2060 | <5 | — |
| 1944 | 17 | 2096 | <5 | — |
| 1943 | 16 | 2251 | <5 | — |
| 1942 | 16 | 2214 | <5 | — |
| 1941 | 9 | 3030 | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | 3847 | <5 | — |
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