girls:
7.8k births since 1882
#1846 (68th percentile)
overall:
7.8k births since 1882
#3062 (60th percentile)
The name Barbra is the #3,062 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 7,758 recorded births since 1882. This represents the 60.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 60.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,846 (67.7% percentile) for all time with 7,758 births since 1882.
Barbra first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1882 (first recorded for girls in 1882). Birth data for Barbra is available in 104 out of the 133 years between 1882 and 2014. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Barbra reached its peak popularity in 1966, achieving the 39.2% percentile (ranked #451) with 195 births per million. The name was most common in 1966, with 195 births per million (ranked 39.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2014.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Barbra".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Barbra. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Barbra is pronounced as BAHR-bruh, which has 2 syllables.
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