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 1952 and has been recorded in 63 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1975 with 569 babies (rank #23 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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.

10,917
Total babies (all years)
63
Years in the data
569
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
1952199#76
1953208#71
1954157#98
1955164#99
1956186#86
1957234#78
1958193#92
1959188#95
1960198#91
1961214#90
1962209#94
1963195#102
1964205#104
1965251#80
1966347#59
1967378#53
1968356#57
1969403#51
1970410#49
1971497#40
1972485#41
1973461#38
1974454#37
1975569#23
1976441#38
1977310#52
1978340#46
1979294#57
1980251#70
1981186#98
1982200#82
1983145#119
1984144#122
1985137#123
1986143#129
198797#172
1988108#160
198997#173
199091#184
199175#223
199288#194
199370#233
199458#260
199558#261
199651#278
199751#289
199847#306
199941#338
200032#405
200137#358
200218#573
200327#444
200420#511
200513#626
200620#489
200721#468
20087#838
20096#890
20109#702
20118#719
20127#748
20135#840
20153#37