Barbra
Girl · BAR-bra · Greek
Barbra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “foreign woman”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Barbra mean?
Greek: spelling of Barbara
“foreign woman”
Barbara comes from Greek barbaros, 'foreign'; St Barbara is a patron saint of miners and artillerymen.
- Say it
- BAR-bra
Is Barbra a girl's or a boy's name?
Barbra is a girls' name.
How popular is Barbra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1966, with 343 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Barbra in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.
Barbra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 17 | #5,622 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1994 | 17 | #5,440 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 32 | #2,970 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 34 | #2,748 |
| 1984 | 47 | #2,110 |
| 1983 | 53 | #1,926 |
| 1982 | 71 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 77 | #1,549 |
| 1980 | 86 | #1,419 |
| 1979 | 70 | #1,605 |
| 1978 | 80 | #1,434 |
| 1977 | 104 | #1,183 |
| 1976 | 74 | #1,422 |
| 1975 | 94 | #1,219 |
| 1974 | 108 | #1,082 |
| 1973 | 110 | #1,054 |
| 1972 | 113 | #1,030 |
| 1971 | 164 | #836 |
| 1970 | 199 | #740 |
| 1969 | 201 | #701 |
| 1968 | 195 | #694 |
| 1967 | 251 | #601 |
| 1966 | 343 | #512 |
| 1965 | 236 | #639 |
| 1964 | 163 | #821 |
| 1963 | 105 | #1,047 |
| 1962 | 128 | #939 |
| 1961 | 130 | #947 |
| 1960 | 138 | #892 |
| 1959 | 140 | #870 |
| 1958 | 136 | #873 |
| 1957 | 150 | #826 |
| 1956 | 134 | #860 |
| 1955 | 165 | #737 |
| 1954 | 134 | #811 |
| 1953 | 200 | #627 |
| 1952 | 185 | #655 |
| 1951 | 212 | #590 |
| 1950 | 209 | #577 |
| 1949 | 194 | #595 |
| 1948 | 174 | #624 |
| 1947 | 124 | #771 |
| 1946 | 102 | #817 |
| 1945 | 90 | #790 |
| 1944 | 90 | #805 |
| 1943 | 92 | #801 |
| 1942 | 80 | #859 |
| 1941 | 86 | #779 |
| 1940 | 110 | #660 |
| 1939 | 99 | #680 |
| 1938 | 89 | #724 |
| 1937 | 85 | #734 |
| 1936 | 81 | #739 |
| 1935 | 78 | #766 |
| 1934 | 62 | #865 |
| 1933 | 71 | #782 |
| 1932 | 56 | #940 |
| 1931 | 52 | #959 |
| 1930 | 47 | #1,072 |
| 1929 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1928 | 31 | #1,393 |
| 1927 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1926 | 32 | #1,413 |
| 1925 | 30 | #1,503 |
| 1924 | 24 | #1,770 |
| 1923 | 32 | #1,428 |
| 1922 | 25 | #1,682 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,731 |
| 1919 | 19 | #1,921 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,315 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,867 |
| 1915 | 13 | #2,254 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 10 | #2,033 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 0 | – |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Nicknames for Barbra
- Barb
- Babs
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