Baerbel
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Baerbel is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Germany than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 1.2M(measured from records)
- DEGermany≈1 in 1.5Kas Bärbel
- CHSwitzerland≈1 in 153K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Baerbel itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Germany (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 116 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 153K (inferred from the name graph)
≈54,000 named Bärbel, est.
Highest-authority source
Switzerland, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Bärbel in DE Germany, AT Austria, SE Sweden and 2 more and Barbel in US United States, ZA South Africa.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Baerbel counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE Germany | #255 | ≈54,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | listed | Bärbel | 116 |
| US United States | — | 269 | 1 in 1.2M | 266 | Barbel | 99 |
| AT Austria | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 42K | 17 | Bärbel | 24 |
| SE Sweden | — | 146as Bärbel | 1 in 70K | 146 | Bärbel | 9 |
| ZA South Africa | — | ≈97 est. | ≈1 in 580K | — | Barbel | 4 |
| CH Switzerland | — | ≈55 est. | ≈1 in 153K | — | Bärbel | 12 |
| NO Norway | — | ≈49 est. | ≈1 in 112K | 10 | Bärbel | 3 |
| EE Estonia | — | ≈17 est. | ≈1 in 70K | 28 | — | 3 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Statistik Austria — STATatlas Vornamen WFS (per-name time series 1984–2024); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); Statistics Estonia — per-name Population Register counts (nimed); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 4 sources across 3 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 266 | #31,690 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 3 | #31,690 |
Reference works 1
- Dictionary of American Family Names
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Baerbel a male or female name?
- Baerbel is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Baerbel have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 54 thousand people named Bärbel in Germany, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Baerbel?
- In the United States, the national register counted 269 people named Baerbel in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.
- How common is Baerbel compared with other names?
- In Germany, Baerbel is the 255th most common given name of 156,202 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Baerbel?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/baerbelThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Baerbel” — the 255th most common given name in Germany. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.