Barbara

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Latin

Meaning

Barbara and Barbra are given names. They are the feminine form of the Greek word barbaros meaning "stranger" or "foreign". In Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox tradition, Saint Barbara was imprisoned in a tower by her father.

From Wikipedia

Barbara first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1992 with 87 babies (rank #331 that year). In 2024 it was given to 23 girls (rank #1,117). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Barbara

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Barbara yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

1,046
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
87
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199186#334
199287#331
199365#419
199459#423
199572#388
199656#469
199738#602
199834#653
199940#582
200026#795
200129#741
200231#727
200329#780
200422#972
200527#862
200620#1,111
200718#1,260
200820#1,193
200920#1,216
201017#1,393
201111#1,863
201220#1,233
201318#1,300
201418#1,319
201522#1,113
201614#1,579
201721#1,172
201825#1,021
201918#1,331
202024#1,046
202113#1,699
20228#2,359
202315#1,516
202423#1,117