Barba — girls' name

What the Data Says About Barba

The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Barba between 1920 and 1965, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Barba currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1965. The name reached its historical peak in 1944, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barba performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Barba shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barba in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 208 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.