Barbara

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #968in 2025
  • 1 in 6,088girls in 2025
  • −11%last ten years
  • 3.7×in Pennsylvania

Most popular in 1938.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

017,79835,59518801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Barbara, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18801,396
18811,414
18821,205
18831,202
18841,496
18851,466
18861,432
18871,397
18881,416
18891,379
18901,266
18911,191
18921,309
18931,198
18941,301
18951,276
18961,362
18971,277
18981,175
18991,172
19001,127
19011,157
19021,159
19031,321
19041,296
19051,255
19061,399
19071,617
19081,537
19091,633
19101,543
19111,762
19122,121
19132,323
19142,706
19152,748
19162,980
19173,269
19183,649
19193,614
19204,261
19214,876
19225,222
19235,976
19246,650
19257,520
19269,346
192711,037
192812,895
192914,364
193016,235
193120,478
193224,662
193326,737
193428,001
193529,276
193630,452
193732,816
193835,595
193933,975
194032,125
194132,731
194233,122
194331,128
194429,532
194529,281
194628,719
194727,528
194827,579
194924,900
195024,258
195122,554
195221,498
195320,450
195418,728
195517,193
195616,089
195714,520
195813,857
195912,532
196012,094
196111,396
196210,496
19639,492
19648,698
19657,944
19667,755
19676,785
19685,938
19695,223
19704,591
19713,878
19723,339
19733,040
19742,662
19752,369
19762,026
19771,856
19781,684
19791,553
19801,553
19811,517
19821,387
19831,209
19841,109
1985975
1986867
1987939
1988845
1989810
1990731
1991661
1992612
1993526
1994488
1995431
1996389
1997402
1998328
1999317
2000294
2001279
2002283
2003239
2004239
2005223
2006291
2007251
2008210
2009253
2010232
2011210
2012168
2013183
2014182
2015184
2016186
2017176
2018171
2019171
2020186
2021182
2022168
2023192
2024196
2025164

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Pennsylvania 3.7×
  2. Kentucky 2.6×
  3. Missouri 2.1×
  4. Indiana 2.1×
  5. Texas 1.7×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
264
Rank in 2025
#968
How rare
1 in 6,088 girls
Since 1880
1,436,695

Most popular in 1938, at 35,595 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 11% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Pennsylvania3.7×96
Kentucky2.6×25
Missouri2.1×28
Indiana2.1×32
Texas1.7×151

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.