The first name Barbie
A girl’s name.
Pronounced /ˈbɑɹbi/ 2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Barbie at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 33 girls born in the United States were named Barbie, the 4,277th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1964, when 190 were.
4,204
babies named Barbie since 1880
#4,277
rank in 2025
1964
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Barbie in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
بَارْبِي
bārbī
Arabic
Babs, Babbe
Dutch
Barnjo
Esperanto
Basia
Polish
Ба́рби
Bárbi
Russian, also Ва́ря
Questions
- What does the name Barbie mean?
- From Barbara + -ie.
- Is Barbie a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 4,204 US babies named Barbie since 1880 were girls.
- When was Barbie most popular?
- 1964 in the United States, when 190 babies were named Barbie, its highest rank at 756th.
- How do you pronounce Barbie?
- Barbie is /ˈbɑɹbi/, 2 syllables.