How Many People Are Named Barbara Martin?

There are approximately 1,576 people named Barbara Martin living in the United States today. That makes this name combination common, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 217,484 Americans.

This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Barbara with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Martin. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.

Estimated People with This Name

1,576

1 in 217,484 Americans

Combination Rarity

Common

Very Rare Very Common

First Name

Barbara

Last Name

Martin

Barbara: Popularity Over Time

Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Barbara. The peak year was 1947 with 48,889 births. The average person named Barbara today is 71 years old.

Male

Female

Ancestry of the First Name Barbara

In the 2020 Census, the first name Barbara was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (84.40%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (9.43%) and Hispanic (3.62%).

These percentages describe the people who had the first name Barbara in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.

Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Barbara rose or fell over time.

White

84.40%

Black

9.43%

Hispanic

3.62%

Asian/Pacific Islander

0.51%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.43%

Two or More Races

1.62%

Ancestry of the Martin Surname

The surname Martin was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.

This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Martin in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.

White

71.82%

Black

15.36%

Hispanic

6.74%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.10%

American Indian/Alaska Native

0.92%

Two or More Races

4.06%

How we calculated this

The first name "Barbara" has an estimated frequency of 0.202% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.

The surname "Martin" appears at a rate of 227.06 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.

We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Barbara are likely to be alive now.

Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1,576 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.

Other people named Barbara

Barbara Smith Barbara Johnson Barbara Williams Barbara Brown Barbara Jones Barbara Garcia Barbara Lee

Other people with the surname Martin

Michael Martin James Martin John Martin David Martin Robert Martin William Martin Christopher Martin Joseph Martin

Barbara Martin: Questions and Answers

How many people are named Barbara Martin?

We estimate approximately 1,576 people named Barbara Martin are alive in the United States today. The first name Barbara is shared by 694,059 Americans, and the surname Martin is shared by 778,273.

How rare is the name Barbara Martin?

This name combination is classified as Common, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 217,484 Americans. The first name Barbara is very common and the surname Martin is very common.

Is Barbara a male or female name?

Barbara is predominantly female, with 0.3% of bearers being male and 99.7% female. It peaked in popularity in 1947 and the average bearer today is 71 years old.

What does the Census say about the first name Barbara?

In the 2020 Census, the first name Barbara was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (84.40%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (9.43%) and Hispanic (3.62%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.

Where does this data come from?

First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.

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