The baby name Barbara appears in baby name data for the United States from 1910 to 2024. It was most popular in 1947 with 57,209 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Barbara has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1910 | 722 |
| 1911 | 832 |
| 1912 | 1,377 |
| 1913 | 1,694 |
| 1914 | 2,379 |
| 1915 | 3,182 |
| 1916 | 3,751 |
| 1917 | 4,282 |
| 1918 | 5,028 |
| 1919 | 4,686 |
| 1920 | 5,808 |
| 1921 | 6,966 |
| 1922 | 6,780 |
| 1923 | 8,610 |
| 1924 | 10,291 |
| 1925 | 12,086 |
| 1926 | 14,688 |
| 1926 | 6 |
| 1927 | 17,710 |
| 1928 | 20,758 |
| 1928 | 8 |
| 1929 | 22,651 |
| 1929 | 20 |
| 1930 | 26,219 |
| 1930 | 43 |
| 1931 | 29,468 |
| 1931 | 27 |
| 1932 | 35,793 |
| 1932 | 65 |
| 1933 | 37,124 |
| 1933 | 83 |
| 1934 | 37,522 |
| 1934 | 100 |
| 1935 | 37,644 |
| 1935 | 82 |
| 1936 | 40,805 |
| 1936 | 74 |
| 1937 | 44,580 |
| 1937 | 93 |
| 1938 | 49,890 |
| 1938 | 130 |
| 1939 | 43,547 |
| 1939 | 115 |
| 1940 | 44,359 |
| 1940 | 111 |
| 1941 | 44,073 |
| 1941 | 98 |
| 1942 | 48,902 |
| 1942 | 149 |
| 1943 | 48,759 |
| 1943 | 111 |
| 1944 | 43,697 |
| 1944 | 82 |
| 1945 | 42,668 |
| 1945 | 44 |
| 1946 | 50,174 |
| 1946 | 48 |
| 1947 | 57,209 |
| 1947 | 28 |
| 1948 | 55,733 |
| 1948 | 47 |
| 1949 | 50,635 |
| 1949 | 13 |
| 1950 | 51,727 |
| 1950 | 15 |
| 1951 | 52,289 |
| 1951 | 17 |
| 1952 | 52,886 |
| 1952 | 18 |
| 1953 | 50,364 |
| 1953 | 14 |
| 1954 | 44,872 |
| 1954 | 24 |
| 1955 | 40,684 |
| 1955 | 31 |
| 1956 | 40,254 |
| 1956 | 17 |
| 1957 | 35,175 |
| 1957 | 27 |
| 1958 | 35,932 |
| 1958 | 22 |
| 1959 | 33,038 |
| 1959 | 25 |
| 1960 | 32,001 |
| 1960 | 7 |
| 1961 | 30,561 |
| 1961 | 6 |
| 1962 | 26,438 |
| 1962 | 23 |
| 1963 | 20,964 |
| 1963 | 12 |
| 1964 | 19,653 |
| 1964 | 11 |
| 1965 | 16,797 |
| 1965 | 12 |
| 1966 | 15,621 |
| 1967 | 13,339 |
| 1967 | 5 |
| 1968 | 11,902 |
| 1968 | 5 |
| 1969 | 10,920 |
| 1970 | 9,864 |
| 1971 | 7,990 |
| 1971 | 12 |
| 1972 | 6,159 |
| 1973 | 5,275 |
| 1974 | 4,680 |
| 1975 | 4,112 |
| 1976 | 3,424 |
| 1977 | 3,630 |
| 1978 | 3,180 |
| 1979 | 3,103 |
| 1980 | 3,164 |
| 1981 | 2,985 |
| 1982 | 2,639 |
| 1983 | 2,293 |
| 1984 | 2,174 |
| 1985 | 1,931 |
| 1986 | 1,805 |
| 1987 | 2,058 |
| 1988 | 1,781 |
| 1989 | 1,917 |
| 1989 | 6 |
| 1990 | 1,379 |
| 1991 | 1,536 |
| 1992 | 1,205 |
| 1993 | 1,073 |
| 1994 | 986 |
| 1995 | 799 |
| 1996 | 699 |
| 1997 | 736 |
| 1998 | 609 |
| 1999 | 525 |
| 2000 | 490 |
| 2001 | 443 |
| 2002 | 450 |
| 2003 | 388 |
| 2004 | 519 |
| 2005 | 493 |
| 2006 | 556 |
| 2007 | 526 |
| 2008 | 362 |
| 2009 | 347 |
| 2010 | 341 |
| 2011 | 345 |
| 2012 | 238 |
| 2013 | 241 |
| 2014 | 182 |
| 2015 | 307 |
| 2016 | 307 |
| 2017 | 346 |
| 2018 | 216 |
| 2019 | 240 |
| 2020 | 274 |
| 2021 | 267 |
| 2022 | 242 |
| 2023 | 267 |
| 2024 | 295 |