Barb Popularity by Year
Follow Barb across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Barb birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Girls | 9 | #5,480 | Down 946 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 12 | #4,534 | Down 1,755 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 25 | #2,779 | Down 325 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 28 | #2,454 | Down 328 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 32 | #2,126 | Down 766 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 65 | #1,360 | Down 147 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 78 | #1,213 | Down 398 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 149 | #815 | Down 133 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 225 | #682 | Down 65 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 267 | #617 | Down 95 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 351 | #522 | Down 63 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 452 | #459 | Down 19 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 493 | #440 | Up 5 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 464 | #445 | Up 9 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 440 | #454 | Up 111 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 290 | #565 | Up 314 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 128 | #879 | Up 525 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 51 | #1,404 | Up 583 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 28 | #1,987 | Up 249 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 22 | #2,236 | Up 965 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 12 | #3,201 | Up 810 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 8 | #4,011 | Down 1,575 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 17 | #2,436 | Down 669 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 29 | #1,767 | Down 59 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 30 | #1,708 | Down 132 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 36 | #1,576 | Up 7 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 31 | #1,583 | Up 477 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 17 | #2,060 | Up 36 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 17 | #2,096 | Up 155 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 16 | #2,251 | Down 37 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 16 | #2,214 | Up 816 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 9 | #3,030 | Up 817 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 6 | #3,847 | — |