Barbra
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513
- Peak · girls
- 1966 · 343 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,758since 1882
Barbra over time
Rank among girls' names. Barbra has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #15,242 | 6 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 |
| 2001 | #10,102 | 9 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #3,585 | 30 |
| 1994 | #5,445 | 17 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 |
| 1991 | #4,208 | 24 |
| 1990 | #3,364 | 32 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,539 | 42 |
| 1987 | #2,972 | 32 |
| 1986 | #2,779 | 34 |
| 1985 | #2,749 | 34 |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 |
| 1983 | #1,927 | 53 |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 71 |
| 1981 | #1,549 | 77 |
| 1980 | #1,419 | 86 |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 |
| 1978 | #1,434 | 80 |
| 1977 | #1,183 | 104 |
| 1976 | #1,422 | 74 |
| 1975 | #1,219 | 94 |
| 1974 | #1,082 | 108 |
| 1973 | #1,054 | 110 |
| 1972 | #1,030 | 113 |
| 1971 | #836 | 164 |
| 1970 | #740 | 199 |
| 1969 | #701 | 201 |
| 1968 | #694 | 195 |
| 1967 | #601 | 251 |
| 1966 | #512 | 343 |
| 1965 | #639 | 236 |
| 1964 | #821 | 163 |
| 1963 | #1,047 | 105 |
| 1962 | #939 | 128 |
| 1961 | #947 | 130 |
| 1960 | #892 | 138 |
| 1959 | #871 | 140 |
| 1958 | #874 | 136 |
| 1957 | #827 | 150 |
| 1956 | #861 | 134 |
| 1955 | #738 | 165 |
| 1954 | #812 | 134 |
| 1953 | #628 | 200 |
| 1952 | #656 | 185 |
| 1951 | #591 | 212 |
| 1950 | #578 | 209 |
| 1949 | #596 | 194 |
| 1948 | #625 | 174 |
| 1947 | #772 | 124 |
| 1946 | #818 | 102 |
| 1945 | #790 | 90 |
| 1944 | #805 | 90 |
| 1943 | #801 | 92 |
| 1942 | #859 | 80 |
| 1941 | #779 | 86 |
| 1940 | #660 | 110 |
| 1939 | #680 | 99 |
| 1938 | #724 | 89 |
| 1937 | #734 | 85 |
| 1936 | #739 | 81 |
| 1935 | #766 | 78 |
| 1934 | #865 | 62 |
| 1933 | #782 | 71 |
| 1932 | #940 | 56 |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 |
| 1929 | #1,003 | 52 |
| 1928 | #1,394 | 31 |
| 1927 | #1,194 | 42 |
| 1926 | #1,414 | 32 |
| 1925 | #1,504 | 30 |
| 1924 | #1,770 | 24 |
| 1923 | #1,428 | 32 |
| 1922 | #1,682 | 25 |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 |
| 1920 | #2,731 | 12 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 |
| 1917 | #2,316 | 14 |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 |
| 1915 | #2,255 | 13 |
| 1914 | #2,434 | 9 |
| 1913 | #2,034 | 10 |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 |
| 1910 | — | |
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| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,932 | 5 |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
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| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
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| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Barbra! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1910, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Barbra is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#313 · 1 in 2,605
- Arkansas#349 · 1 in 2,731
- Missouri#432 · 1 in 5,594
- Oklahoma#444 · 1 in 4,033
- Tennessee#457 · 1 in 5,634
Best ever in a state: #233 in Nebraska, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #313 | 11 | 1 in 2,605 |
| Arkansas | #349 | 7 | 1 in 2,731 |
| Missouri | #432 | 5 | 1 in 5,594 |
| Oklahoma | #444 | 5 | 1 in 4,033 |
| Tennessee | #457 | 5 | 1 in 5,634 |
| Georgia | #458 | 6 | 1 in 5,293 |
| North Carolina | #461 | 6 | 1 in 6,277 |
| Ohio | #505 | 6 | 1 in 8,784 |
| Texas | #659 | 9 | 1 in 6,678 |
| New York | #708 | 5 | 1 in 17,942 |
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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 Barbra
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1964 (#1,047 → #821)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1972 (#836 → #1,030)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1966 at #512 (343 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 41 yrs · run 1931–1962
- Highest: 1 in 4,933 girls born in 1966 were named Barbra (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 24.4% of all girls named Barbra (1,890) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #908 (1882) | #908 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,700 (1898) | #1,700 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,932 (1900) | #1,932 |
| 1910s | 111 | #1,867 (1916) | #2,190 |
| 1920s | 311 | #1,003 (1929) | #1,560 |
| 1930s | 720 | #680 (1939) | #826 |
| 1940s | 1,142 | #596 (1949) | #751 |
| 1950s | 1,665 | #578 (1950) | #744 |
| 1960s | 1,890 | #512 (1966) | #779 |
| 1970s | 1,116 | #740 (1970) | #1,161 |
| 1980s | 514 | #1,419 (1980) | #2,255 |
| 1990s | 187 | #3,364 (1990) | #5,918 |
| 2000s | 72 | #8,534 (2000) | #12,518 |
| 2010s | 15 | #16,513 (2014) | #16,684 |
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.
Barbra in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 10,396 of them was named Barbra, which outranked 86.9% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #657Lue113
- #657Pattie113
- #659Cherry112
- #660Barbra110
- #660Adelaide110
- #660Marjory110
- #660Shirlene110
- #665Jaunita108
- #665Petra108
- #665Richard108
Tied with 4 names at #660; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.