Barbora

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Barbora: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Barbora: Recorded since 2005, it reached #661 in 2016, and it stood at #4,867 in 2025.

2registrars recorded it
23times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#661highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 2005–2025

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2005	#4798
2007	#4294
2008	#5545
2009	#4564
2010	#3156
2011	#4049
2012	#3681
2013	#2460
2014	#2862
2015	#2945
2016	#2966
2017	#2502
2018	#2340
2019	#4001
2020	#5493
2021	#3961
2023	#5687
2025	#4867

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 21 years from 2005 to 2025.

In 2017: #873 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2502 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2005–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded2005
First recorded at #4798 among girls in England and Wales in 2005 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2010–2017
Highest recorded position: #661 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2010–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #4867 among girls in England and Wales, in 2025.
England and Wales · Girls

Barbora appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 2005, and has registered 107 births with the name.

Barbora across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Barbora's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#4798 (2005)	#2340 (2018)	#4867 (2025)	18 of 21	107 (2005–2025)	11 (2018)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#758 (2010)	#661 (2016)	#873 (2017)	5 of 8	18 (2010–2017)	5 (2016)

Barbora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Barbora in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	14	4 of 10	4
2010sbusiest	78	10 of 10	8
2020s	15	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Barbora appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Barbora's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2025	England and Wales	female	#4867	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#3961	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#5493	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2966	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2862	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4049	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#4564	4	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#5545	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#4294	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#4798	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#661	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#894	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#758	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Barbora is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Barbora, between 2005 and 2025, in 18 of those 21 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	2005–2025	18	#2340 in 2018
Republic of Ireland	2010–2017	5	#661 in 2016

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2005 and 2025, ranked in 18 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #661, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 11 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 5 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Barbara · #10, 80y
Barbro · #117, 52y
Bård · #62, 70y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Annaleigh · #661, 19y
Cadence · #661, 22y
Afonso · #660, 22y
Nicolae · #660, 16y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Cadence · #661, 22y
Afonso · #660, 22y
Mia-Lily · #660, 9y
Nicolae · #660, 16y

Barbora was ranked #661 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2016. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Abigael#661
Adalynn#661
Adeline#661
Aela#661
Adaline#750
Adriana#750
Adrija#750
Aislinn#750

Barbora and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Barbora without appearing here.

Barbora moved ahead of

Helene
In 2013 they stood at #3681 and #3285 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2862 and #5691.
Finlay
In 2009 they stood at #4564 and #4564 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #3156 and #5707.
Kerry
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #2215 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #4739.
Jeanette
In 2011 they stood at #4049 and #4049 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #5876.

Moved ahead of Barbora

Noah
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #2499 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4001 and #2869.
Cooper
In 2022 they stood at #3961 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #5687 and #4709.
Meabh
In 2017 they stood at #2502 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #1711.
Blake
In 2008 they stood at #4294 and #5201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #4564 and #3936.

Moved the opposite way to Barbora

Rory
Between 2010 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Barbora went from #3156 to #4867 while Rory went from #5707 to #1271.
Fiadh
Between 2013 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Barbora went from #2460 to #4867 while Fiadh went from #5742 to #256.
Noah
Between 2013 and 2025 in England and Wales · Girls, Barbora went from #2460 to #4867 while Noah went from #5742 to #1892.

What is known about Barbora

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 2005–2025.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2005 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #661 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Barbora

Barbora at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Barbora across 2 official records

Barbora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Barbora appears in

Popularity data

Where Barbora is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Barbora

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What is known about Barbora

Barbora at a glance

Barbora across 2 official records

Barbora by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Barbora appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Barbora

Barbora and the names beside it

Barbora moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Barbora

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