The first name Barbra
A girl’s name from Latin.
2 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Latin origin
A female given name from Latin, a nonstandard spelling of Barbara. Associated with Barbra Streisand, who changed the spelling of her name from Barbara.
A form of Barbara.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Barbra at birth, 1880–2025
In 2014, 5 girls born in the United States were named Barbra, the 16,956th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 1966, when 343 were.
7,758
babies named Barbra since 1880
#16,956
rank in 2014
1966
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.
Famous people named Barbra
1 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Barbra AmesburyCanadian philanthropist, singer-songwriter, composer, and filmmaker, born 1948
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Questions
- What is the origin of the name Barbra?
- Barbra comes from Latin.
- Is Barbra a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 7,758 US babies named Barbra since 1880 were girls.
- When was Barbra most popular?
- 1966 in the United States, when 343 babies were named Barbra, its highest rank at 512th.
- What name is Barbra a form of?
- Barbra is a form of Barbara.