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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Barbra

Barbra was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 512th with 343 babies. More babies were named Barbra in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1966343 babies
Total since 1880
7,758babies recorded

Barbra popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#17,4225
2000#8,62711
1990#3,37332
1980#1,42086
1970#741199
1960#893138
1950#578209
1940#661110
1930#1,07347
1920#2,74112
1910——
1900#1,9615
1890——
1880——

How popular is Barbra, counting every spelling?

Barbra has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Barbra?

About 5,600 people born in the US named Barbra are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 54 and 73. That makes Barbra a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Barbra by state

How common Barbra was among girls born in each state in 1964–1968, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Iowa (2.5×), Minnesota (1.7×). In 27 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesWI0.15Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesWA0.11Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesMN0.23Illinois: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIL0.17Michigan: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesMI0.16New York: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesNY0.20Massachusetts: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMA0.10Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesIA0.34Indiana: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesIN0.09Ohio: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesOH0.15Pennsylvania: 0.18 per 1,000 babiesPA0.18New Jersey: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.16Connecticut: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesCT0.09Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesCA0.14Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesNE0.14Missouri: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMO0.11Kentucky: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesKY0.05West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesVA0.07Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTN0.03North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesOK0.08Louisiana: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesLA0.04Mississippi: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMS0.12Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesTX0.09Florida: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesFL0.10
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Barbra, girls, 1964–1968. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Barbra: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Barbra, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Barbra

How popular is the name Barbra?

Barbra was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1966, when it ranked 512th with 343 babies. More babies were named Barbra in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Barbra a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 7,758 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Barbra most popular?

In 1964–1968, Barbra was most common in Iowa (0.34 per 1,000 girls), followed by Minnesota and New York.