She is 17 years old in Dreamhouse Adventures and 18 years old in Barbie & Chelsea: The Lost Birthday.
First introduced in 1959, the Barbie doll is officially 64 years old. If Barbie doesn't exactly look like a baby boomer, it might be because when Barbie was released she was meant to be 19 and plastic dolls aren't usually subject to the aging process.
Technically, Ken has no official age (he is a doll, after all) although he was first introduced as Barbie's boyfriend on March 11, 1961, which means he has been around for 62 years. (Barbie was created in 1959, which would make her 64.)
Barbie age
Barbie is frozen at 19, according to Mattel Toys, and appears as a young adult in her movies and series. Of course, the fashion doll itself is much, MUCH older than that. Barbie was first manufactured in March 1959. This would make the very first doll 63 years old.
Barbie's official birthday is March 9, 1959, the day she was unveiled to the toy industry during New York Toy Fair.
Barbie's age has fluctuated since she was introduced; early on, Mattel described her as 19 years old, but she is often shown as an older character in adult careers. The first episode of Life in the Dreamhouse even jokes that she is over 43 years old.
The first Barbie doll was officially unveiled on March 9, 1959, at the New York Toy Fair and 60 years later she's still a sensation among children and the adults who grew up playing with her and her friends.
One of America's most beloved dolls, she celebrated her 50th birthday on Monday, March 9.
Handler created a personal story for the very first Barbie doll. She was named Barbie Millicent Roberts and she was from Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie was a teenage fashion model.
March 17, 2009 Turning 50 is said to be a time when people evaluate their life and think about how differently things turned out to how they'd imagined.
Did you know #Barbie has 3 sisters? Skipper, Stacie, and Chelsea.
She is described as a technology lover who likes "being a gadget girl and trying out the hottest techie toys." As of Barbie Dreamhouse Adventures, this iteration of Skipper is fourteen years old.
Ken met Barbie in 1961 on the set of their first television commercial together. The couple fell in love and started dating. Barbie broke up with Ken on Valentine's Day in 2004.
Chelsea debuted as a little sister to Barbie and the youngest of the Roberts sisters in 2011.
Kenneth Sean Carson is a fashion doll and fictional character invented by Elliot Handler and introduced by American toy company Mattel in 1961 as the counterpart of Barbie, who was introduced two years earlier.
Though no specific age was given when she was first released beyond her being a “teenage fashion model,” Mattel has since disclosed that Barbie is, and will forever remain, 19 years old.
3. She's just one of seven Roberts kids. Over the years, her siblings for sale have included: Skipper, Stacie, Chelsea, Krissy, Kelly, Tutti, and Todd.
This dollhouse wasn't the typical pink, plastic dream house made by Mattel, but a more traditional looking house that was "Barbie-sized." Among the rooms was a nursery for a Barbie baby, which posed a problem: Barbie is technically not married and, technically, she can never have a baby.
Barbie's boy toy is 40 years old. Mattel debuted the Ken doll in March 1961 and he's been Barbie's boyfriend ever since.
In 2002 she was pregnant, the subject of controversy, and was pulled from store shelves after parents complained the doll, packaged alone without family members, sent the wrong message.
In response to consumer demand, in 1961 Mattel brought out Barbie's ultimate “accessory”—her boyfriend, Ken. (The Handlers' children were named Barbara and Ken.) In 1963 Mattel added Barbie's best friend, Midge, and in 1964 Barbie's little sister, Skipper.
Barbie is a fashion doll manufactured by American toy company Mattel, Inc. and launched on March 9, 1959. American businesswoman Ruth Handler is credited with the creation of the doll using a German doll called Bild Lilli as her inspiration.
"Barbie Girl" is a song by Danish dance-pop group Aqua. It was released in April 1997 as the third single from the group's debut studio album, Aquarium (1997).
Barbie on Instagram: “Her full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts, but you can call her #Barbie. ?”
February 14, 2004: Barbie and Ken officially broke up.
The newspaper assigned the split to Ken's failure to commit and Barbie's excitement to commit, wearing multiple wedding gowns. This was also a year that Barbie ran for president, so she was quite busy.