Barb
Last seen for girls in 1972 at #5,480
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 493 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,853since 1938
Barb over time
Rank among girls' names. Barb has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| 1972 | #5,480 | 9 |
| 1971 | #4,534 | 12 |
| 1970 | #2,779 | 25 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #2,126 | 32 |
| 1967 | #1,360 | 65 |
| 1966 | #1,213 | 78 |
| 1965 | #815 | 149 |
| 1964 | #682 | 225 |
| 1963 | #617 | 267 |
| 1962 | #522 | 351 |
| 1961 | #459 | 452 |
| 1960 | #440 | 493 |
| 1959 | #445 | 464 |
| 1958 | #454 | 440 |
| 1957 | #565 | 290 |
| 1956 | #879 | 128 |
| 1955 | #1,404 | 51 |
| 1954 | #1,987 | 28 |
| 1953 | #2,236 | 22 |
| 1952 | #3,201 | 12 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #1,767 | 29 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 |
| 1946 | #1,583 | 31 |
| 1945 | #2,060 | 17 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #2,251 | 16 |
| 1942 | #2,214 | 16 |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 |
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| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Barb! It came in at #3,847, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1939–1940, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Barb is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- South Dakota#238 · 1 in 1,533
- Wisconsin#413 · 1 in 5,953
- Michigan#564 · 1 in 8,950
- Ohio#842 · 1 in 20,400
Best ever in a state: #117 in Minnesota, 1960.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| South Dakota | #238 | 5 | 1 in 1,533 |
| Wisconsin | #413 | 7 | 1 in 5,953 |
| Michigan | #564 | 10 | 1 in 8,950 |
| Ohio | #842 | 5 | 1 in 20,400 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Barb
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1972
- Biggest jump: 525 spots in 1956 (#1,404 → #879)
- Biggest drop: 398 spots in 1966 (#815 → #1,213)
- Debuted 1938
- Peaked 1960 at #440 (493 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 10 yrs · run 1956–1965
- Highest: 1 in 4,101 girls born in 1960 were named Barb (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 169,027 girls born in 1972 (0.00%)
- 55.5% of all girls named Barb (2,140) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 6 | #3,847 (1938) | #3,847 |
| 1940s | 201 | #1,576 (1947) | #2,032 |
| 1950s | 1,460 | #445 (1959) | #1,762 |
| 1960s | 2,140 | #440 (1960) | #1,069 |
| 1970s | 46 | #2,779 (1970) | #4,264 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Barb in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 38,339 of them was named Barb, which outranked 79.1% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,383Shanna52
- #1,383Sheliah52
- #1,383Suzie52
- #1,404Barb51
- #1,404Alane51
- #1,404Arlette51
- #1,404Darby51
- #1,423Bernetta50
- #1,423Billy50
- #1,423Carin50
Tied with 18 names at #1,404; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.