Girls' name · since 1929
Barbro
18 babies named Barbro in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1930. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #46,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1929
- 1930s
- peak decade
Barbro sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 18 recorded since 1929.
Barbro has 18 recorded births among girls since 1929, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1930s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 1937.
- #46,807 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 18 born since 1929
- 1930s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barbro ranks #46,807 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 18 born since 1929, peaking in the 1930s.
- #46,807 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 18
- born since 1929
- 1930s
- peak decade
Barbro's 18 recorded births place it above 34.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Barbro's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Barbro's SSA record in two at 1930 and the more recent half accounts for 72% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 28%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1929, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1930 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Barbro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–1937
- Peak year (1930)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Barbro by decade
1930s is the heaviest window (13 births, 72% of the file).
1930s was Barbro's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 72% of all-time use.
Barbro births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1930s at 13 births (72% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Barbro: 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 (~8 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, 1929–1937 (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 Barbro 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.