Girls' name · since 1952
Barbe
36 babies named Barbe in U.S. Social Security records since 1952, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #38,731 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
36 girls have been named Barbe since 1952, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Barbe has 36 recorded births among girls since 1952, 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 1952 to 1961.
- #38,731 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 36 born since 1952
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barbe ranks #38,731 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 36 born since 1952, peaking in the 1950s.
- #38,731 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 36
- born since 1952
- 1950s
- peak decade
Barbe's 36 recorded births place it above 46.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Barbe's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Barbe's SSA record in two at 1959 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1952 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Barbe popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1961
- Peak year (1952)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
Barbe by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (25 births, 69% of the file).
1950s was Barbe's strongest decade.
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Barbe births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
25 births
- 1960s
1960s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 25 births (69% of all-time use).
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- Barbe's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (25 total births) through the 1960s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Barbe: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1952)
Similar record span (~9 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, 1952–1961 (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 Barbe 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.