Barb is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.
Barb is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1972. Barb was first reported in SSA data in 1938 and peaked in 1960 (493 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 9 | — | #5,509 |
| 1971 | 12 | — | #4,559 |
| 1970 | 25 | — | #2,782 |
| 1969 | 28 | — | #2,458 |
| 1968 | 32 | — | #2,129 |
| 1967 | 65 | — | #1,361 |
| 1966 | 78 | — | #1,213 |
| 1965 | 149 | — | #815 |
| 1964 | 225 | — | #682 |
| 1963 | 267 | — | #617 |
| 1962 | 351 | — | #522 |
| 1961 | 452 | — | #459 |
| 1960 | 493 | — | #440 |
| 1959 | 464 | — | #445 |
| 1958 | 440 | — | #454 |
| 1957 | 290 | — | #565 |
| 1956 | 128 | — | #879 |
| 1955 | 51 | — | #1,406 |
| 1954 | 28 | — | #1,989 |
| 1953 | 22 | — | #2,238 |
| 1952 | 12 | — | #3,214 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,042 |
| 1950 | 17 | — | #2,444 |
| 1949 | 29 | — | #1,769 |
| 1948 | 30 | — | #1,711 |
| 1947 | 36 | — | #1,577 |
| 1946 | 31 | — | #1,588 |
| 1945 | 17 | — | #2,071 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #2,101 |
| 1943 | 16 | — | #2,262 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #2,222 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | #3,047 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #3,883 |