Barbara Girls

The U.S. popularity history of Barbara: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 1,436,695 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,436,695

Peak year

1947 #4

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-3.1%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	369	#746
2012	296	#894
2013	321	#831
2014	326	#848
2015	329	#850
2016	329	#856
2017	303	#890
2018	291	#921
2019	287	#922
2020	301	#886
2021	299	#904
2022	276	#967
2023	308	#871
2024	317	#853
2025	264	#968

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1947

5,200

3,818

2,886

2,798

2,700

2,104

Names from the same era

Linda · 1947 Nancy · 1947 Sandra · 1947 Sharon · 1947 Carolyn · 1947 Martha · 1947 Gloria · 1947 Judy · 1947 Jane · 1947 Marilyn · 1947

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