Barbee — girls' name
113 babies named Barbee in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1952. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
43% of everyone ever named Barbee was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Barbee in 1952 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Barbee
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Barbee between 1929 and 1979, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Barbee currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1952, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Barbee performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 49 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Barbee shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Barbee 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 113 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.
Barbee at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Barbee popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1929
- Peak year (1952)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
113 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1952 with 11 births in a single year.
Barbee by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 49 births that decade — 43% of Barbee's all-time total
Barbee decade highlights
- Peak decade 49 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Barbee's strongest decade
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1929–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.