Barbara
Rank in 2025
#968
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
264
girls 264
Peak year
1938
39,277 babies recorded as girls
All-time total
1,440,831
since 1880
Born a Barbara? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Barbara was most popular in 1938, when 39,277 babies recorded as girls got the name (35.6 per 1,000). In 2025, 264 babies were named Barbara, ranking #968 for babies recorded as girls. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 264 | 968 | <5 | — |
| 2024 | 317 | 852 | <5 | — |
| 2023 | 308 | 871 | <5 | — |
| 2022 | 276 | 966 | <5 | — |
| 2021 | 299 | 904 | <5 | — |
| 2020 | 301 | 886 | <5 | — |
| 2019 | 287 | 922 | <5 | — |
| 2018 | 291 | 920 | <5 | — |
| 2017 | 303 | 890 | <5 | — |
| 2016 | 329 | 856 | <5 | — |
| 2015 | 329 | 849 | <5 | — |
| 2014 | 326 | 848 | <5 | — |
| 2013 | 321 | 831 | <5 | — |
| 2012 | 296 | 893 | <5 | — |
| 2011 | 369 | 745 | <5 | — |
| 2010 | 412 | 692 | <5 | — |
| 2009 | 465 | 639 | <5 | — |
| 2008 | 397 | 747 | <5 | — |
| 2007 | 482 | 618 | <5 | — |
| 2006 | 554 | 538 | <5 | — |
| 2005 | 412 | 674 | <5 | — |
| 2004 | 438 | 623 | <5 | — |
| 2003 | 437 | 613 | <5 | — |
| 2002 | 509 | 541 | <5 | — |
| 2001 | 502 | 533 | <5 | — |
| 2000 | 534 | 505 | <5 | — |
| 1999 | 563 | 468 | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 579 | 447 | <5 | — |
| 1997 | 700 | 378 | <5 | — |
| 1996 | 682 | 388 | <5 | — |
| 1995 | 758 | 347 | <5 | — |
| 1994 | 871 | 312 | <5 | — |
| 1993 | 951 | 291 | 5 | 8700 |
| 1992 | 1,128 | 247 | 7 | 6670 |
| 1991 | 1,239 | 229 | 9 | 5521 |
| 1990 | 1,388 | 207 | 5 | 8117 |
| 1989 | 1,493 | 186 | 11 | 4527 |
| 1988 | 1,505 | 185 | 9 | 4786 |
| 1987 | 1,632 | 172 | 9 | 4573 |
| 1986 | 1,488 | 180 | 8 | 4853 |
| 1985 | 1,677 | 169 | 11 | 3805 |
| 1984 | 1,867 | 152 | 18 | 2613 |
| 1983 | 2,020 | 143 | 9 | 4141 |
| 1982 | 2,348 | 130 | 11 | 3692 |
| 1981 | 2,531 | 119 | 14 | 3030 |
| 1980 | 2,578 | 120 | 13 | 3256 |
| 1979 | 2,493 | 123 | 15 | 2897 |
| 1978 | 2,579 | 113 | 8 | 4157 |
| 1977 | 2,845 | 101 | 16 | 2665 |
| 1976 | 2,968 | 98 | 9 | 3724 |
| 1975 | 3,454 | 83 | 18 | 2361 |
| 1974 | 3,906 | 77 | 12 | 2946 |
| 1973 | 4,433 | 63 | 11 | 3013 |
| 1972 | 5,080 | 58 | 22 | 1928 |
| 1971 | 6,453 | 47 | 27 | 1705 |
| 1970 | 8,026 | 41 | 24 | 1794 |
| 1969 | 8,811 | 39 | 31 | 1440 |
| 1968 | 9,740 | 36 | 34 | 1314 |
| 1967 | 11,203 | 33 | 43 | 1132 |
| 1966 | 13,123 | 27 | 45 | 1100 |
| 1965 | 14,023 | 25 | 42 | 1163 |
| 1964 | 16,481 | 19 | 49 | 1082 |
| 1963 | 18,295 | 17 | 64 | 936 |
| 1962 | 20,641 | 14 | 76 | 871 |
| 1961 | 23,002 | 12 | 56 | 1042 |
| 1960 | 24,454 | 12 | 63 | 951 |
| 1959 | 25,359 | 11 | 68 | 926 |
| 1958 | 27,874 | 9 | 59 | 994 |
| 1957 | 29,692 | 9 | 68 | 919 |
| 1956 | 32,302 | 9 | 75 | 865 |
| 1955 | 33,617 | 7 | 80 | 818 |
| 1954 | 36,368 | 7 | 57 | 985 |
| 1953 | 38,473 | 6 | 72 | 848 |
| 1952 | 39,864 | 6 | 74 | 814 |
| 1951 | 40,617 | 5 | 70 | 838 |
| 1950 | 41,556 | 4 | 70 | 814 |
| 1949 | 42,600 | 4 | 67 | 834 |
| 1948 | 46,826 | 3 | 76 | 783 |
| 1947 | 48,800 | 4 | 89 | 727 |
| 1946 | 45,126 | 4 | 109 | 615 |
| 1945 | 38,273 | 3 | 87 | 649 |
| 1944 | 39,196 | 2 | 121 | 549 |
| 1943 | 43,432 | 2 | 150 | 506 |
| 1942 | 44,739 | 2 | 164 | 478 |
| 1941 | 39,543 | 2 | 155 | 473 |
| 1940 | 36,736 | 2 | 140 | 487 |
| 1939 | 37,257 | 2 | 150 | 468 |
| 1938 | 39,277 | 2 | 162 | 454 |
| 1937 | 34,917 | 2 | 144 | 468 |
| 1936 | 31,682 | 3 | 110 | 547 |
| 1935 | 30,698 | 3 | 124 | 517 |
| 1934 | 29,239 | 3 | 118 | 543 |
| 1933 | 26,949 | 3 | 119 | 519 |
| 1932 | 26,318 | 3 | 103 | 583 |
| 1931 | 21,804 | 4 | 84 | 650 |
| 1930 | 18,279 | 6 | 74 | 738 |
| 1929 | 16,038 | 7 | 63 | 815 |
| 1928 | 14,872 | 8 | 44 | 1041 |
| 1927 | 13,161 | 10 | 41 | 1112 |
| 1926 | 11,079 | 16 | 35 | 1219 |
| 1925 | 9,155 | 22 | 26 | 1451 |
| 1924 | 8,305 | 28 | 12 | 2473 |
| 1923 | 7,209 | 33 | 10 | 2772 |
| 1922 | 6,272 | 40 | 10 | 2801 |
| 1921 | 6,013 | 40 | 11 | 2632 |
| 1920 | 5,106 | 47 | 9 | 2967 |
| 1919 | 4,084 | 60 | 7 | 3391 |
| 1918 | 4,224 | 60 | 7 | 3368 |
| 1917 | 3,535 | 67 | 6 | 3545 |
| 1916 | 3,112 | 74 | 5 | 3897 |
| 1915 | 2,704 | 83 | <5 | — |
| 1914 | 2,061 | 82 | <5 | — |
| 1913 | 1,451 | 94 | 7 | 2273 |
| 1912 | 1,184 | 102 | <5 | — |
| 1911 | 737 | 119 | <5 | — |
| 1910 | 612 | 136 | <5 | — |
| 1909 | 567 | 126 | <5 | — |
| 1908 | 514 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1907 | 515 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1906 | 413 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1905 | 366 | 154 | <5 | — |
| 1904 | 357 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1903 | 346 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1902 | 306 | 163 | <5 | — |
| 1901 | 277 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1900 | 338 | 162 | <5 | — |
| 1899 | 273 | 165 | <5 | — |
| 1898 | 304 | 164 | <5 | — |
| 1897 | 299 | 153 | <5 | — |
| 1896 | 324 | 145 | <5 | — |
| 1895 | 298 | 150 | <5 | — |
| 1894 | 290 | 151 | <5 | — |
| 1893 | 255 | 155 | <5 | — |
| 1892 | 278 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1891 | 221 | 152 | <5 | — |
| 1890 | 241 | 147 | <5 | — |
| 1889 | 246 | 140 | <5 | — |
| 1888 | 253 | 135 | <5 | — |
| 1887 | 204 | 132 | <5 | — |
| 1886 | 207 | 133 | <5 | — |
| 1885 | 195 | 129 | <5 | — |
| 1884 | 193 | 128 | <5 | — |
| 1883 | 135 | 142 | <5 | — |
| 1882 | 130 | 138 | <5 | — |
| 1881 | 130 | 123 | <5 | — |
| 1880 | 127 | 128 | <5 | — |
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Names like Barbara
Names whose popularity rose and fell over the same years.
Where Barbara is most popular
- Pennsylvania3.4×
- Kentucky2.2×
- Indiana2.1×
- Texas1.8×
- Missouri1.7×
Times more common than the national rate, 2016–2025.
Recorded as girls 100% · boys <1% across all years