Name meaning & stats
Barbie
Barbie means “foreign woman” (Latin origin). 4,183 US babies since 1940, peak 1964.
What it means
“foreign woman”
LatinPet form of Barbara
In US birth records
Peak year: 1964
4,183 US babies were named Barbie between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Barbie (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 85% of the family
- Barbie 85%
- Barbi 12%
- Barby 3%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1964)