Barbra vs Barton
American parents have registered 9,371 Bartons since 1880, against 7,758 Barbras. Barton is still ahead, with 8 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Barbra Barton
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 141 years in which either name was published, Barton for 117 years and Barbra for 24 years. The lead changed hands 20 times.
- 1880–1947 Barton ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1948–1953 Barbra ahead
- 1954–1964 Barton ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1965–1975 Barbra ahead, apart from one short spell
- 1979–2025 Barton ahead, apart from 3 short spells
10 shorter spells of a year or two are folded into the spans above rather than listed separately.
Side by side
| Barbra | Barton | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 7,758 | 9,371 |
| Most in one year | 343 | 245 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 8 |
| Estimated living today | 5,700 | 5,500 |
| Median age today | 60 | 61 |
| Peak year | 1966 | 1960 |
| Best rank | 512th girls | 509th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 8,910th |
| First recorded | 1882 | 1880 |
| Girls / boys | 7,758 / 0 | 0 / 9,371 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Where each one is strongest
- Barbra Mississippi (2.3×), Ohio (1.8×), Arkansas (1.8×)
- Barton Pennsylvania (2.2×), New York (1.7×), California (1.6×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Barbra and Barton.