How rare is the name Barbie?

3,993 people in the United States have the first name Barbie, about 1 in 75,640. It ranks #4,602 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

BARBIE

#4,602

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,993
About
1 in 75,640
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,993 people named Barbie, 72.7% reported their origin as White, 10.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.5% as Black. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Barbie peaked in 1964, when 190 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19362025
Peak year
1964
Births that year
190
In 2025*
33 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,204 babies have been given the name since 1936. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Barbie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,541. The largest share of babies named Barbie, 37.1%, were born between 1965 and 1980, Generation X's birth years.

1930s#8,74021
1940s#4,401129
1950s#2,978338
1960s#1,5411,346
1970s#2,122868
1980s#3,356515
1990s#7,070242
2000s#8,771244
2010s#8,161292
2020s#7,170209
Silent Generation 1928–451.9%
Baby boom 1946–6427%
Generation X 1965–8037.1%
Millennials 1981–9614.8%
Generation Z 1997–129.1%
2013 and later10%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Barbie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Barbie has been most common in Pennsylvania (6.5×), Texas (1.5×), and Kentucky (1.4×), and least common in Georgia (0.64×).

1,656 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Barbie

2 other first names also have 3,993 people.

#4,602 Marge · 3,993#4,602 Wiliam · 3,993

Either side of Barbie

#4,600 Muhammed · 3,998#4,600 Toya · 3,998#4,602 Marge · 3,993#4,602 Wiliam · 3,993

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Barbie, most common first.

#17,521 Barbi · 628#39,013 Barbee · 195

Also a last name

As a last name, Barbie ranks #78,873 of 156,621, with 261 people. See Barbie as a last name

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