BARBARA is ranked as the 10th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 2,457,949.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 770.86 people named BARBARA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named BARBARA is 1,056,767.
The SSA data also shows that BARBARA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
BARBARA is
80.9% White,
3.7% Hispanic origin,
12.3% Black,
1.0% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name BARBARA have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name BARBARA is included in the following name categories:
Polish feminine given name
Greek Byzantine surname
English feminine given name
German Common surname
Hungarian feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Italian feminine given name
German feminine given name
French feminine given name
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name BARBARA
The state with the most people named
BARBARA is
California where
194,539 people have this name.
West Virginia is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named BARBARA, as
1288.55 in every 100,000
West Virginians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
Virginia.
West Virginia is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Hawaii
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name BARBARA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
138,349
1074.09
100.0%
Indiana
71,615
1085.59
100.0%
Iowa
18,031
580.31
99.9%
Kansas
30,309
1043.7
100.0%
Michigan
68,788
694.14
100.0%
Minnesota
34,962
640.66
100.0%
Missouri
28,751
960.26
100.0%
Nebraska
19,020
1010.92
100.0%
North Dakota
5,878
794.92
99.9%
Ohio
145,099
1251.48
100.0%
South Dakota
8,418
986.7
99.9%
Wisconsin
40,782
708.32
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name BARBARA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
7,390
1003.13
99.9%
Arizona
73,304
1088.97
100.0%
California
194,539
501.36
100.0%
Colorado
56,321
1051.58
100.0%
Hawaii
5,786
407.57
99.9%
Idaho
16,927
1035.65
100.0%
Montana
11,524
1125.81
100.0%
Nevada
25,881
911.6
100.0%
New Mexico
20,182
967.7
100.0%
Oregon
43,413
1093.47
100.0%
Utah
22,658
769.93
100.0%
Washington
41,654
589.87
100.0%
Wyoming
6,593
1128.6
99.9%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name BARBARA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
26,732
743.25
100.0%
Maine
6,611
497.02
99.7%
Massachusetts
45,344
672.22
100.0%
New Hampshire
7,325
552.1
99.8%
New Jersey
74,523
833.76
100.0%
New York
140,052
709.26
100.0%
Pennsylvania
161,031
1259.31
100.0%
Rhode Island
7,055
668.57
99.9%
Vermont
6,315
1007.89
99.9%
South States
State stats for the first name BARBARA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have BARBARA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named BARBARA.
The most popular full name is BARBARA Smith.
0.91% of all the people named BARBARA
have this family name.
There are 110723 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name BARBARA