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Barbara
Pronounced /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1942 · #480
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:313 in 2024 (#859)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Barbara in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1942 with 164 babies, ranked #480.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 4,135 boys have been named Barbara since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Barbara per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- 0Gen Z1997–12
- 0Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 186 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Silent: 2,112 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,342 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 370 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 125 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Barbara, the name of Saint Barbara, feminine form of barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “strange, foreign”). Doublet of Varvara. (logic): From the given name; chosen because it has three A's in it representing universal affirmatives.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈbɑɹb(ə)ɹə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Barbara, CC BY-SA 4.0.