Name meaning & stats
Barb
Barb means “foreign woman” (Latin origin). 3,847 US babies since 1940, peak 1960.
What it means
“foreign woman”
LatinPet form of Barbara
In US birth records
Peak year: 1960
3,847 US babies were named Barb between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Barb (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Name twins (peaked around 1960)