Barber — boys' name

What the Data Says About Barber

The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Barber between 1913 and 1932, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barber currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1932. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Barber is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 5 additional births since 1941.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barber performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Barber shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barber 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 18 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.