Barbara is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1848 for girl births in the United States, given to 264 babies. Barbara first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1947 (48,889 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 264 | #1,848 |
| 2024 | 317 | #1,637 |
| 2023 | 308 | #1,659 |
| 2022 | 276 | #1,811 |
| 2021 | 299 | #1,682 |
| 2020 | 301 | #1,646 |
| 2019 | 287 | #1,704 |
| 2018 | 291 | #1,692 |
| 2017 | 303 | #1,655 |
| 2016 | 329 | #1,584 |
| 2015 | 329 | #1,573 |
| 2014 | 326 | #1,572 |
| 2013 | 321 | #1,551 |
| 2012 | 296 | #1,658 |
| 2011 | 369 | #1,377 |
| 2010 | 412 | #1,284 |
| 2009 | 465 | #1,199 |
| 2008 | 397 | #1,359 |
| 2007 | 482 | #1,148 |
| 2006 | 554 | #1,011 |
| 2005 | 412 | #1,232 |
| 2004 | 438 | #1,153 |
| 2003 | 437 | #1,141 |
| 2002 | 509 | #997 |
| 2001 | 502 | #999 |
| 2000 | 534 | #947 |
| 1999 | 563 | #882 |
| 1998 | 579 | #846 |
| 1997 | 700 | #737 |
| 1996 | 682 | #740 |
| 1995 | 758 | #681 |
| 1994 | 871 | #620 |
| 1993 | 956 | #579 |
| 1992 | 1,135 | #507 |
| 1991 | 1,248 | #466 |
| 1990 | 1,393 | #432 |
| 1989 | 1,504 | #383 |
| 1988 | 1,514 | #370 |
| 1987 | 1,641 | #341 |
| 1986 | 1,496 | #360 |
| 1985 | 1,688 | #334 |
| 1984 | 1,885 | #298 |
| 1983 | 2,029 | #281 |
| 1982 | 2,359 | #253 |
| 1981 | 2,545 | #237 |
| 1980 | 2,591 | #237 |
| 1979 | 2,508 | #234 |
| 1978 | 2,587 | #215 |
| 1977 | 2,861 | #195 |
| 1976 | 2,977 | #185 |
| 1975 | 3,472 | #159 |
| 1974 | 3,918 | #148 |
| 1973 | 4,444 | #129 |
| 1972 | 5,102 | #117 |
| 1971 | 6,480 | #99 |
| 1970 | 8,050 | #86 |
| 1969 | 8,842 | #78 |
| 1968 | 9,774 | #71 |
| 1967 | 11,246 | #66 |
| 1966 | 13,168 | #58 |
| 1965 | 14,065 | #56 |
| 1964 | 16,530 | #45 |
| 1963 | 18,359 | #43 |
| 1962 | 20,717 | #36 |
| 1961 | 23,058 | #31 |
| 1960 | 24,517 | #30 |
| 1959 | 25,427 | #28 |
| 1958 | 27,933 | #22 |
| 1957 | 29,760 | #21 |
| 1956 | 32,377 | #21 |
| 1955 | 33,697 | #19 |
| 1954 | 36,425 | #18 |
| 1953 | 38,545 | #15 |
| 1952 | 39,938 | #14 |
| 1951 | 40,687 | #13 |
| 1950 | 41,626 | #12 |
| 1949 | 42,667 | #12 |
| 1948 | 46,902 | #10 |
| 1947 | 48,889 | #11 |
| 1946 | 45,235 | #10 |
| 1945 | 38,360 | #8 |
| 1944 | 39,317 | #7 |
| 1943 | 43,582 | #7 |
| 1942 | 44,903 | #6 |
| 1941 | 39,698 | #6 |
| 1940 | 36,876 | #7 |
| 1939 | 37,407 | #6 |
| 1938 | 39,439 | #6 |
| 1937 | 35,061 | #6 |
| 1936 | 31,792 | #8 |
| 1935 | 30,822 | #8 |
| 1934 | 29,357 | #10 |
| 1933 | 27,068 | #10 |
| 1932 | 26,421 | #10 |
| 1931 | 21,888 | #11 |
| 1930 | 18,353 | #15 |
| 1929 | 16,101 | #18 |
| 1928 | 14,916 | #19 |
| 1927 | 13,202 | #24 |
| 1926 | 11,114 | #33 |
| 1925 | 9,181 | #44 |
| 1924 | 8,317 | #54 |
| 1923 | 7,219 | #60 |
| 1922 | 6,282 | #75 |
| 1921 | 6,024 | #77 |
| 1920 | 5,115 | #88 |
| 1919 | 4,091 | #104 |
| 1918 | 4,231 | #106 |
| 1917 | 3,541 | #117 |
| 1916 | 3,117 | #128 |
| 1915 | 2,704 | #144 |
| 1914 | 2,061 | #140 |
| 1913 | 1,458 | #164 |
| 1912 | 1,184 | #175 |
| 1911 | 737 | #177 |
| 1910 | 612 | #196 |
| 1909 | 567 | #184 |
| 1908 | 514 | #195 |
| 1907 | 515 | #189 |
| 1906 | 413 | #209 |
| 1905 | 366 | #225 |
| 1904 | 357 | #220 |
| 1903 | 346 | #215 |
| 1902 | 306 | #238 |
| 1901 | 277 | #234 |
| 1900 | 338 | #238 |
| 1899 | 273 | #234 |
| 1898 | 304 | #236 |
| 1897 | 299 | #216 |
| 1896 | 324 | #209 |
| 1895 | 298 | #216 |
| 1894 | 290 | #219 |
| 1893 | 255 | #229 |
| 1892 | 278 | #220 |
| 1891 | 221 | #227 |
| 1890 | 241 | #221 |
| 1889 | 246 | #213 |
| 1888 | 253 | #212 |
| 1887 | 204 | #210 |
| 1886 | 207 | #216 |
| 1885 | 195 | #213 |
| 1884 | 193 | #213 |
| 1883 | 135 | #242 |
| 1882 | 130 | #252 |
| 1881 | 130 | #218 |
| 1880 | 127 | #234 |