# Barbra (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/barbra/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,758 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,758 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 17 | 5,660 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8,070 |
| 1999 | 14 | 6,876 |
| 2000 | 11 | 8,627 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,220 |
| 2002 | 7 | 12,382 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,467 |
| 2004 | 12 | 8,800 |
| 2006 | 9 | 11,584 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,031 |
| 2008 | 5 | 17,932 |
| 2009 | 6 | 15,527 |
| 2010 | 5 | 17,422 |
| 2013 | 5 | 16,948 |
| 2014 | 5 | 16,956 |

## People named Barbra

- Barbra Amesbury, Canadian philanthropist, singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.