Barbie
Barbie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 49 births. Its best rank was 756th, in 1964.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 490.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1964190 births
- Best rank
- #756in 1964
- Since 1936
- 4,168people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,168 girls have been named Barbie in the United States since 1936, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 190 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1972, and the 1960s alone account for 32%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Barbie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 21 | |
| 1940s | 129 | |
| 1950s | 338 | |
| 1960s | 1,346 | |
| 1970s | 868 | |
| 1980s | 515 | |
| 1990s | 242 | |
| 2000s | 244 | |
| 2010s | 291 | |
| 2020s | 174 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Barbie was the 756th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1964 were Lisa, Mary, Susan, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Barbie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kendapeak 1964
- Darcypeak 1970
- Loriannepeak 1963
- Jonapeak 1964
- Evettepeak 1967
- Zoraidapeak 1961
- Janapeak 1961
- Kamalapeak 1964
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.