Girls' name · since 1942
Barby
Barby has 155 recorded births since 1942 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1959 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,405 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Barby is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 155 have been recorded since 1942.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barby has been recorded 155 times among girls since 1942, 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 1942 to 1988.
- #22,405 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 155 born since 1942
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barby ranks #22,405 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 155 born since 1942, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,405 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 155
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Barby's 155 recorded births place it above 68.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Barby's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Barby's full recorded timeline at 1959, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1944, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1959 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Barby popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1988
- Peak year (1959)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Barby by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (55 births, 35% of the file).
1950s was Barby's strongest decade.
55 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Barby births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
34 births
- 1950s
1950s
55 births
- 1960s
1960s
47 births
- 1970s 14
1970s
14 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 55 births (35% of all-time use).
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What to do with Barby's data
- Barby's decade-level peak was the 1950s (55 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 Barby: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1959)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1942–1988 (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 Barby 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.