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Baby name

Barb

Girl

Short-lived name

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1960 was its best year: 493 births, or 1 baby in 8,426. The decline was steep: births are now 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 56% of all babies named Barb since 1880 were born in the 1960s.
3,853births since 1880
1960sgeneration
No. 440rank at its peak, in 1960

Where babies named Barb are born

1960

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The darker the blue, the more common Barb is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Barb is most common in Minnesota (7.2 times), Wisconsin (4.5) and Michigan (3.2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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