Girls' name · since 1928
Barbar
316 babies named Barbar in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #15,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 316
- born since 1928
- 1950s
- peak decade
Barbar is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 316 have been recorded since 1928.
Barbar has 316 recorded births among girls since 1928, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1928 to 1981.
- #15,469 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 316 born since 1928
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barbar ranks #15,469 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 316 born since 1928, peaking in the 1950s.
- #15,469 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 316
- born since 1928
- 1950s
- peak decade
Barbar's 316 recorded births place it above 78.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Barbar's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Barbar's full recorded timeline at 1955, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Barbar popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1928–1981
- Peak year (1959)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Barbar by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (109 births, 34% of the file).
1950s was Barbar's strongest decade.
109 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Barbar births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
55 births
- 1950s
1950s
109 births
- 1960s
1960s
94 births
- 1970s 25
1970s
25 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 109 births (34% of all-time use).
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- Barbar's decade-level peak was the 1950s (109 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Barbar: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1928–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Barbar draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.