Barbie
Girl · BAR-bee · Greek
Barbie is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “foreign woman”. In 2025 it ranked 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Barbie mean?
Greek: pet form of Barbara
“foreign woman”
The Barbie doll, launched in 1959, was named after Barbara, the daughter of its creator Ruth Handler.
- Say it
- BAR-bee
Is Barbie a girl's or a boy's name?
Barbie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Barbie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,264among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Barbie, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 190 girls. It first appears in the records in 1936.
Half of all the girls named Barbie in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Barbie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 51 | #3,119 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 38 | #3,881 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 35 | #4,071 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 35 | #4,179 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 29 | #4,942 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 25 | #5,058 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 25 | #4,763 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 17 | #5,434 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,665 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 31 | #3,437 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 36 | #2,862 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 52 | #2,051 |
| 1985 | 42 | #2,361 |
| 1984 | 50 | #2,017 |
| 1983 | 54 | #1,906 |
| 1982 | 64 | #1,735 |
| 1981 | 79 | #1,515 |
| 1980 | 73 | #1,583 |
| 1979 | 74 | #1,555 |
| 1978 | 76 | #1,487 |
| 1977 | 94 | #1,268 |
| 1976 | 89 | #1,252 |
| 1975 | 83 | #1,316 |
| 1974 | 76 | #1,364 |
| 1973 | 72 | #1,374 |
| 1972 | 81 | #1,263 |
| 1971 | 105 | #1,118 |
| 1970 | 118 | #1,042 |
| 1969 | 97 | #1,124 |
| 1968 | 121 | #939 |
| 1967 | 163 | #770 |
| 1966 | 118 | #929 |
| 1965 | 121 | #915 |
| 1964 | 190 | #756 |
| 1963 | 170 | #796 |
| 1962 | 152 | #855 |
| 1961 | 132 | #937 |
| 1960 | 82 | #1,198 |
| 1959 | 68 | #1,298 |
| 1958 | 62 | #1,339 |
| 1957 | 45 | #1,611 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,155 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 21 | #2,300 |
| 1952 | 23 | #2,125 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 18 | #2,340 |
| 1949 | 17 | #2,409 |
| 1948 | 20 | #2,187 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,391 |
| 1945 | 17 | #2,059 |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 10 | #3,039 |
| 1942 | 9 | #3,192 |
| 1941 | 7 | #3,557 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
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