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If I could escape its datedness and all thoughts of Barbie dolls and the Bush family, I think I could like Barbara. If I just try to focus on how it sounds, I do kind of like it. It's nicely rhythmic and rolls right off the tongue. I even like the way it looks. Plus, there's Babs, which I've always thought was a fun, badass nickname.

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Still, there were many other names popular at the height of Barbara's popularity that I like far more, so I would probably never have used it, even if I were a mom back in the day.