Barb

Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Barb first appears in the U.S. data in 1938 and has been recorded in 33 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1960 with 493 babies (rank #440 that year). It was not in the 2024 data.
3,853
Total babies (all years)
33
Years in the data
493
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19386#3,883
19419#3,047
194216#2,222
194316#2,262
194417#2,100
194517#2,071
194631#1,588
194736#1,577
194830#1,711
194929#1,769
195017#2,444
19518#4,042
195212#3,214
195322#2,239
195428#1,989
195551#1,406
1956128#879
1957290#564
1958440#454
1959464#445
1960493#440
1961452#459
1962351#522
1963267#617
1964225#682
1965149#815
196678#1,213
196765#1,362
196832#2,129
196928#2,458
197025#2,782
197112#4,559
19729#5,506