Girls' name · since 1936
Barbie
Barbie has 4,204 recorded births since 1936 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1964 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,285 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,204
- born since 1936
- 1960s
- peak decade
Barbie currently ranks #4285 among girls' names in America, with 4,204 babies recorded since 1936.
Barbie has 4,204 recorded births among girls since 1936, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #4285 as of the latest data, more common than 75% of girls, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1936 to 2025.
- #2,888 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,285 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 4,204 born since 1936
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barbie ranks #2,888 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,285 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 4,204 born since 1936, peaking in the 1960s.
- #2,888 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,285 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 4,204
- born since 1936
- 1960s
- peak decade
Barbie's 4,204 recorded births place it above 96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
26 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Barbie compares
4,204 Top 15% higher than 85% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Barbie's all-time total is 11x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Barbie | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 4,204 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 190 | 21 | 19,840 |
Barbie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Barbie splits its recorded history at 1981: 34% of all births land in the more recent half, 66% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1936 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1964 peak of 190 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Barbie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1936–2025
- Peak year (1964)
- 190
- Annual births at peak, across 90 years of records
Barbie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (1,346 births, 32% of the file).
1960s was Barbie's strongest decade.
1,346 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Barbie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 21
1930s
21 births
- 1940s 129
1940s
129 births
- 1950s 338
1950s
338 births
- 1960s
1960s
1,346 births
- 1970s
1970s
868 births
- 1980s 515
1980s
515 births
- 1990s 242
1990s
242 births
- 2000s 244
2000s
244 births
- 2010s 292
2010s
292 births
- 2020s 209
2020s
209 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 1,346 births (32% of all-time use).
How Barbie compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Barbie's total volume
Barbie by state
Where Barbie concentrates geographically, total births since 1936
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 587 | 14.0% |
| #2 | California | | 218 | 5.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 187 | 4.4% |
| #4 | New York | | 109 | 2.6% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 99 | 2.4% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 62 | 1.5% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 53 | 1.3% |
| #8 | Florida | | 50 | 1.2% |
587 of 4,204 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 26 reporting states.
Barbie appears in 26 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Barbie's data
- Barbie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (1,346 total births); usage has since declined to 209 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Barbies (587 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Barbie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~89 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, 1936–2025 (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 Barbie 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.