Girls' name · since 1925
Barbera
164 babies named Barbera in U.S. Social Security records since 1925, with the highest year being 1934. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1925
- 1950s
- peak decade
Barbera sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 164 recorded since 1925.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barbera has been recorded 164 times among girls since 1925, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1925 to 1980.
- #21,820 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1925
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barbera ranks #21,820 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1925, peaking in the 1950s.
- #21,820 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1925
- 1950s
- peak decade
Barbera's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Barbera's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Barbera splits its recorded history at 1952: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1925 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1934 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Barbera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1980
- Peak year (1934)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Barbera by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (62 births, 38% of the file).
1950s was Barbera's strongest decade.
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Barbera births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 23
1930s
23 births
- 1940s
1940s
37 births
- 1950s
1950s
62 births
- 1960s 19
1960s
19 births
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 62 births (38% of all-time use).
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What to do with Barbera's data
- Barbera's decade-level peak was the 1950s (62 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 Barbera: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~55 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, 1925–1980 (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 Barbera 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.