Female name
Barb
3,853 births (United States, 1880–2025), peaking in 1960. Expression number: 5.
Origin
Short form of Barbara and Germanized form of the French name BarbeTranslated by Arcanes from the German Wiktionary, entry “Barb”, text and translation under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In the United States
Peak in 1960: 493 births. 3,853 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1950s and 1960s. It really came into use around 1946. Fewer than ten births recorded from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
The numbers of the name
Each letter has a value: A = 1, B = 2… I = 9, then J = 1 again (Pythagorean method). We add them up, then reduce to a single digit, except 11, 22 and 33.
■ vowel · ■ consonant
Expression
All the letters: talents, the way you act.
5
freedom, change, movement
2 + 1 + 9 + 2 = 14 → 5
Soul
The vowels: what drives you deep down.
1
initiative, independence, beginnings
1 = 1
Personality
The consonants: what others notice first.
4
work, structure, stability
2 + 9 + 2 = 13 → 4
- Digits missing from the name
- 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8
- Most frequent digit
- 2 · cooperation, sensitivity, connection
The meaning of the numbers comes from numerological tradition; it isn't a measure of your personality. A full portrait needs your first and middle names, your last name at birth, and your date of birth. How we calculate
Your name and theirs
The number of each name, and the number of the bond, which comes from adding them together. A symbolic game: what your two names say together, to be read as a metaphor, not as a verdict on your relationship.