Barb
Quick answers about Barb
How many people are named Barb?
Based on SSA birth records through 1972, an estimated 2,762 Americans born with the name Barb may still be living. No new bearers have been recorded since 1972.
How rare is Barb?
Barb has not appeared in SSA records since 1972. It is effectively extinct as a new baby name — no girls received it in the latest available data.
How old is the typical Barb?
The median age of a living American named Barb is approximately 66 years, with most bearers falling between 63 and 68 years old.
Is Barb still popular?
No. Barb is extinct in new births; the SSA last recorded it in 1972.
Where is Barb most common?
Barb has its strongest geographic signal in Minnesota, where it appears 7.8× more often than the national baseline.
Barb is most concentrated in Minnesota — about 7.8× the national rate in the 1960s.
States where Barb is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.