Barbra
Barbra is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 512th, in 1966.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1966343 births
- Best rank
- #512in 1966
- Since 1882
- 7,758people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,758 girls have been named Barbra in the United States since 1882, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1966, with 343 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 343 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1960s alone account for 24%. It has spent 41 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Barbra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 5 | |
| 1910s | 111 | |
| 1920s | 311 | |
| 1930s | 720 | |
| 1940s | 1,142 | |
| 1950s | 1,665 | |
| 1960s | 1,890 | |
| 1970s | 1,116 | |
| 1980s | 514 | |
| 1990s | 187 | |
| 2000s | 72 | |
| 2010s | 15 |
In 1966, its biggest year
Barbra was the 512th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1966 were Lisa, Kimberly, Mary, Michelle and Karen. See all of 1966.
Names that rose and fell with Barbra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Donettapeak 1956
- Ronapeak 1966
- Johnettepeak 1949
- Regenapeak 1948
- Susannepeak 1949
- Franciepeak 1950
- Carleenpeak 1961
- Evonnepeak 1957
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.