Barb
#2,922 most common girls' name of all time · #5,016 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1938–1972
Rank among girls
#2,922
Rank overall
#5,016 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
3,853
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1960 #441
Best rank
#441 1960
Girls
Boys
peak 493/yr
Barb first appears in 1938. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 9 | — | 9 | #5,650 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | 12 | #4,646 |
| 1970 | 25 | — | 25 | #2,818 |
| 1969 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,490 |
| 1968 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1967 | 65 | — | 65 | #1,367 |
| 1966 | 78 | — | 78 | #1,223 |
| 1965 | 149 | — | 149 | #817 |
| 1964 | 225 | — | 225 | #684 |
| 1963 | 267 | — | 267 | #619 |
| 1962 | 351 | — | 351 | #522 |
| 1961 | 452 | — | 452 | #459 |
| 1960 | 493 | — | 493 | #441 |
| 1959 | 464 | — | 464 | #446 |
| 1958 | 440 | — | 440 | #456 |
| 1957 | 290 | — | 290 | #566 |
| 1956 | 128 | — | 128 | #883 |
| 1955 | 51 | — | 51 | #1,421 |
| 1954 | 28 | — | 28 | #2,020 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,333 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,285 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,521 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | 29 | #1,802 |
| 1948 | 30 | — | 30 | #1,735 |
| 1947 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,599 |
| 1946 | 31 | — | 31 | #1,615 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,140 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,192 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,349 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,309 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,234 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,312 |