Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Barbara

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Barbara
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 99.4% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

48,800

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

99.4%

2024

313

All-time

1,436,402

Barbara once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 48,800 girls were named Barbara.

In 2024, only 313 girls were given the name.

Down 99.4% from its peak.

All told, about 1,436,402 Americans have been named Barbara and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 99.4% from peak

In 1947:48,800 girls named Barbara

In 2024:313 girls named Barbara

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