Barb peaked in the US in 1960 at #440, and is too rare now to appear in the latest official lists.
Barb as a girl’s name Share of babies Rank
Barb as a girl’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.5 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Barb as a girl’s name, US Babies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. 0 0.13 0.25 0.38 0.5 1880 1920 1960 2000 Barb as a girl’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Barb as a girl’s name, US Official rank (1 = most popular, log scale), 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published. #1 #10 #100 #1,000 #10K 1880 1920 1960 2000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers Year US 1972 #5,480 (9) 1971 #4,534 (12) 1970 #2,779 (25) 1969 #2,454 (28) 1968 #2,126 (32) 1967 #1,360 (65) 1966 #1,213 (78) 1965 #815 (149) 1964 #682 (225) 1963 #617 (267) 1962 #522 (351) 1961 #459 (452) 1960 #440 (493) 1959 #445 (464) 1958 #454 (440)
The tide so far Peaked in the US in 1960 at #440. First recorded in the US in 1938.