How Many People Are Named Barbra?
people named Barbra are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 59,951 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,758 babies named Barbra in Social Security records from 1882 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
343 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Variant of BARBARA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Barbra in English. Counting Barbra and these spellings together, about 829,601 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Barbra in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Barbra alive today is about 61 years old, and 52% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 72 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Barbra first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 1966, to 343 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Barbra has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #512, in 1966.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #512 (1966) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #746 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Barbra alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Barbra were born in New York than in any other state: about 434 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Barbra was given 2 times as often in Mississippi, 1.8 times in Oklahoma and 1.7 times in Arkansas.
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