Barbera — girls' name
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.
38% of everyone ever named Barbera was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Barbera in 1934 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Barbera
The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Barbera between 1925 and 1980, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Barbera currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1934, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Barbera performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Barbera shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Barbera 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 164 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.
Barbera at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Barbera popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1925
- Peak year (1934)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 56 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
164 total births across 56 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1934 with 11 births in a single year.
Barbera by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 62 births that decade — 38% of Barbera's all-time total
Barbera decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Barbera's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% 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, 1925–1980 (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.