Barbie Popularity by Year
Follow Barbie across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Barbie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 33 | #4,265 | Down 1,146 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 51 | #3,119 | Up 1,072 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 34 | #4,191 | Up 716 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 27 | #4,907 | Down 1,024 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 38 | #3,883 | Up 997 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 26 | #4,880 | Down 808 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 35 | #4,072 | Up 1,713 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 21 | #5,785 | Down 1,209 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 30 | #4,576 | Up 158 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 29 | #4,734 | Down 502 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 34 | #4,232 | Up 1,078 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 25 | #5,310 | Down 1,461 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 39 | #3,849 | Up 3,607 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 16 | #7,456 | Down 2,541 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 28 | #4,915 | Down 735 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 35 | #4,180 | Up 751 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 29 | #4,931 | Down 49 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 30 | #4,882 | Up 62 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 29 | #4,944 | Up 439 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 25 | #5,383 | Up 616 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 20 | #5,999 | Down 937 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 25 | #5,062 | Up 993 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 19 | #6,055 | Down 1,288 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 25 | #4,767 | Up 803 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 20 | #5,570 | Down 419 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 22 | #5,151 | Up 1,333 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 15 | #6,484 | Down 1,529 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 21 | #4,955 | Down 585 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 24 | #4,370 | Up 1,401 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 16 | #5,771 | Down 332 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 17 | #5,439 | Down 1,423 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 26 | #4,016 | Up 655 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 21 | #4,671 | Down 898 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 28 | #3,773 | Down 330 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 31 | #3,443 | Down 748 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 43 | #2,695 | Up 871 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 28 | #3,566 | Down 699 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 36 | #2,867 | Down 210 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 37 | #2,657 | Down 605 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 52 | #2,052 | Up 310 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 42 | #2,362 | Down 344 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 50 | #2,018 | Down 111 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 54 | #1,907 | Down 172 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 64 | #1,735 | Down 220 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 79 | #1,515 | Up 68 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 73 | #1,583 | Down 28 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 74 | #1,555 | Down 68 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 76 | #1,487 | Down 219 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 94 | #1,268 | Down 16 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 89 | #1,252 | Up 64 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 83 | #1,316 | Up 48 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 76 | #1,364 | Up 10 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 72 | #1,374 | Down 111 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 81 | #1,263 | Down 145 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 105 | #1,118 | Down 76 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 118 | #1,042 | Up 82 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 97 | #1,124 | Down 185 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 121 | #939 | Down 169 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 163 | #770 | Up 159 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 118 | #929 | Down 14 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 121 | #915 | Down 159 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 190 | #756 | Up 40 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 170 | #796 | Up 59 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 152 | #855 | Up 82 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 132 | #937 | Up 262 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 82 | #1,199 | Up 100 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 68 | #1,299 | Up 41 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 62 | #1,340 | Up 272 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 45 | #1,612 | Up 446 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 28 | #2,058 | Up 98 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 25 | #2,156 | Down 34 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 25 | #2,122 | Up 179 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 21 | #2,301 | Down 175 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 23 | #2,126 | Down 62 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 23 | #2,064 | Up 277 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 18 | #2,341 | Up 69 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 17 | #2,410 | Down 222 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 20 | #2,188 | Up 91 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 19 | #2,279 | Up 113 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 16 | #2,392 | Down 332 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 17 | #2,060 | Up 1,318 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 8 | #3,378 | Down 338 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 10 | #3,040 | Up 154 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 9 | #3,194 | Up 365 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 7 | #3,559 | Up 304 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 6 | #3,863 | Down 941 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 9 | #2,922 | Up 528 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 7 | #3,450 | Up 731 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 5 | #4,181 | — |