Barbette — girls' name
335 babies named Barbette in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1963. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Barbette was born in this single decade.
30 babies were named Barbette in 1963 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Barbette
The Social Security Administration has registered 335 babies named Barbette between 1942 and 1972, spanning 31 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Barbette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 30 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Barbette performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Barbette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Barbette in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Barbette 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 335 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.
Barbette at a glance
Last recorded 1972Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Barbette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1942
- Peak year (1963)
- 30
- Annual births at peak — across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1972.
335 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1963 with 30 births in a single year.
Barbette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 191 births that decade — 57% of Barbette's all-time total
Barbette decade highlights
- Peak decade 191 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Barbette's strongest decade
191 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Barbette by state
Where Barbette concentrates geographically — total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 1.8% |
6 of 335 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1942–1972 (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.