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.

Barbie

#2,761 most common girls' name of all time · #4,716 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1936–2025

Rank among girls
#2,761
Rank overall
#4,716 of 105,966
First appeared
1936
Years on the list
89 of 146
All-time
4,204
Since 2016
324
Peak year
1964 #756
Best rank
#756 1964
Girls Boys peak 190/yr
19401960198020002020

Barbie first appears in 1936. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 33 33 #4,286
2024 51 51 #3,141
2023 34 34 #4,214
2022 27 27 #4,927
2021 38 38 #3,900
2020 26 26 #4,907
2019 35 35 #4,094
2018 21 21 #5,830
2017 30 30 #4,605
2016 29 29 #4,759
2015 34 34 #4,240
2014 25 25 #5,337
2013 39 39 #3,866
2012 16 16 #7,519
2011 28 28 #4,948
2010 35 35 #4,203
2009 29 29 #4,962
2008 30 30 #4,902
2007 29 29 #4,972
2006 25 25 #5,421
2005 20 20 #6,036
2004 25 25 #5,094
2003 19 19 #6,102
2002 25 25 #4,797
2001 20 20 #5,622
2000 22 22 #5,180
1999 15 15 #6,560
1998 21 21 #4,997
1997 24 24 #4,403
1996 16 16 #5,838
1995 17 17 #5,491
1994 26 26 #4,045
1993 21 21 #4,722
1992 28 28 #3,792
1991 31 31 #3,474
1990 43 43 #2,708
1989 28 28 #3,598
1988 36 36 #2,893
1987 37 37 #2,678
1986 52 52 #2,061
1985 42 42 #2,381
1984 50 50 #2,033
1983 54 54 #1,913
1982 64 64 #1,745
1981 79 79 #1,521
1980 73 73 #1,595
1979 74 74 #1,560
1978 76 76 #1,493
1977 94 94 #1,270
1976 89 89 #1,258
1975 83 83 #1,322
1974 76 76 #1,367
1973 72 72 #1,381
1972 81 81 #1,272
1971 105 105 #1,122
1970 118 118 #1,048
1969 97 97 #1,126
1968 121 121 #944
1967 163 163 #775
1966 118 118 #938
1965 121 121 #918
1964 190 190 #756
1963 170 170 #797
1962 152 152 #858
1961 132 132 #942
1960 82 82 #1,209
1959 68 68 #1,304
1958 62 62 #1,344
1957 45 45 #1,625
1956 28 28 #2,091
1955 25 25 #2,202
1954 25 25 #2,170
1953 21 21 #2,353
1952 23 23 #2,180
1951 23 23 #2,105
1950 18 18 #2,428
1949 17 17 #2,502
1948 20 20 #2,245
1947 19 19 #2,345
1946 16 16 #2,470
1945 17 17 #2,136
1944 8 8 #3,641
1943 10 10 #3,232
1942 9 9 #3,422
1941 7 7 #3,919
1940 6 6 #4,293
1939 9 9 #3,134
1938 7 7 #3,827
1936 5 5 #4,785