Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Barbara

#6 most common girls' name of all time · #21 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#6
Rank overall
#21 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
1,440,831
Since 2016
2,975
Peak year
1947 #4
Best rank
#2 1937
Girls Boys peak 48,889/yr
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Barbara is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 264 — 264 #968
2024 317 — 317 #852
2023 308 — 308 #871
2022 276 — 276 #966
2021 299 — 299 #904
2020 301 — 301 #886
2019 287 — 287 #922
2018 291 — 291 #920
2017 303 — 303 #890
2016 329 — 329 #856
2015 329 — 329 #849
2014 326 — 326 #848
2013 321 — 321 #831
2012 296 — 296 #893
2011 369 — 369 #745
2010 412 — 412 #693
2009 465 — 465 #639
2008 397 — 397 #747
2007 482 — 482 #618
2006 554 — 554 #538
2005 412 — 412 #674
2004 438 — 438 #623
2003 437 — 437 #613
2002 509 — 509 #541
2001 502 — 502 #533
2000 534 — 534 #505
1999 563 — 563 #468
1998 579 — 579 #447
1997 700 — 700 #379
1996 682 — 682 #388
1995 758 — 758 #347
1994 871 — 871 #312
1993 951 5 956 #291
1992 1,128 7 1,135 #247
1991 1,239 9 1,248 #229
1990 1,388 5 1,393 #207
1989 1,493 11 1,504 #186
1988 1,505 9 1,514 #185
1987 1,632 9 1,641 #172
1986 1,488 8 1,496 #180
1985 1,677 11 1,688 #169
1984 1,867 18 1,885 #152
1983 2,020 9 2,029 #143
1982 2,348 11 2,359 #130
1981 2,531 14 2,545 #119
1980 2,578 13 2,591 #120
1979 2,493 15 2,508 #123
1978 2,579 8 2,587 #113
1977 2,845 16 2,861 #101
1976 2,968 9 2,977 #98
1975 3,454 18 3,472 #83
1974 3,906 12 3,918 #77
1973 4,433 11 4,444 #63
1972 5,080 22 5,102 #58
1971 6,453 27 6,480 #47
1970 8,026 24 8,050 #41
1969 8,811 31 8,842 #39
1968 9,740 34 9,774 #36
1967 11,203 43 11,246 #33
1966 13,123 45 13,168 #27
1965 14,023 42 14,065 #25
1964 16,481 49 16,530 #19
1963 18,295 64 18,359 #17
1962 20,641 76 20,717 #14
1961 23,002 56 23,058 #12
1960 24,454 63 24,517 #12
1959 25,359 68 25,427 #11
1958 27,874 59 27,933 #9
1957 29,692 68 29,760 #9
1956 32,302 75 32,377 #9
1955 33,617 80 33,697 #7
1954 36,368 57 36,425 #7
1953 38,473 72 38,545 #6
1952 39,864 74 39,938 #6
1951 40,617 70 40,687 #5
1950 41,556 70 41,626 #4
1949 42,600 67 42,667 #4
1948 46,826 76 46,902 #3
1947 48,800 89 48,889 #4
1946 45,126 109 45,235 #4
1945 38,273 87 38,360 #3
1944 39,196 121 39,317 #2
1943 43,432 150 43,582 #2
1942 44,739 164 44,903 #2
1941 39,543 155 39,698 #2
1940 36,736 140 36,876 #2
1939 37,257 150 37,407 #2
1938 39,277 162 39,439 #2
1937 34,917 144 35,061 #2
1936 31,682 110 31,792 #3
1935 30,698 124 30,822 #3
1934 29,239 118 29,357 #3
1933 26,949 119 27,068 #3
1932 26,318 103 26,421 #3
1931 21,804 84 21,888 #4
1930 18,279 74 18,353 #6
1929 16,038 63 16,101 #7
1928 14,872 44 14,916 #8
1927 13,161 41 13,202 #10
1926 11,079 35 11,114 #16
1925 9,155 26 9,181 #22
1924 8,305 12 8,317 #28
1923 7,209 10 7,219 #33
1922 6,272 10 6,282 #40
1921 6,013 11 6,024 #40
1920 5,106 9 5,115 #47
1919 4,084 7 4,091 #60
1918 4,224 7 4,231 #60
1917 3,535 6 3,541 #67
1916 3,112 5 3,117 #74
1915 2,704 — 2,704 #83
1914 2,061 — 2,061 #82
1913 1,451 7 1,458 #94
1912 1,184 — 1,184 #102
1911 737 — 737 #119
1910 612 — 612 #136
1909 567 — 567 #126
1908 514 — 514 #135
1907 515 — 515 #129
1906 413 — 413 #142
1905 366 — 366 #154
1904 357 — 357 #151
1903 346 — 346 #151
1902 306 — 306 #163
1901 277 — 277 #164
1900 338 — 338 #162
1899 273 — 273 #165
1898 304 — 304 #164
1897 299 — 299 #153
1896 324 — 324 #145
1895 298 — 298 #150
1894 290 — 290 #151
1893 255 — 255 #155
1892 278 — 278 #147
1891 221 — 221 #152
1890 241 — 241 #147
1889 246 — 246 #140
1888 253 — 253 #135
1887 204 — 204 #132
1886 207 — 207 #133
1885 195 — 195 #129
1884 193 — 193 #128
1883 135 — 135 #143
1882 130 — 130 #138
1881 130 — 130 #124
1880 127 — 127 #128