Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Barclay

#4,873 most common boys' name of all time · #12,047 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1912–2021

Rank among boys
#4,873
Rank overall
#12,047 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
91 of 146
All-time
978
Since 2016
16
Peak year
1970 #1,720
Best rank
#1,598 1948
Girls Boys peak 31/yr
192019401960198020002020

Barclay first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2021 — 6 6 #10,900
2018 — 5 5 #12,256
2016 — 5 5 #12,300
2011 — 6 6 #10,907
2009 — 7 7 #9,932
2005 — 5 5 #11,585
2004 — 5 5 #11,470
2001 — 5 5 #10,674
1999 — 6 6 #8,802
1997 — 8 8 #6,686
1996 — 9 9 #6,042
1995 — 6 6 #7,897
1994 — 10 10 #5,510
1993 — 9 9 #5,823
1992 — 6 6 #7,540
1991 — 9 9 #5,578
1990 — 8 8 #5,905
1989 — 7 7 #6,335
1988 — 12 12 #3,948
1987 — 10 10 #4,305
1986 — 12 12 #3,704
1985 — 17 17 #2,856
1984 — 7 7 #5,084
1983 — 13 13 #3,272
1982 — 15 15 #2,999
1981 — 11 11 #3,655
1980 — 11 11 #3,671
1979 — 12 12 #3,407
1978 — 12 12 #3,263
1977 — 11 11 #3,448
1976 5 17 22 #2,537
1975 — 12 12 #3,122
1974 5 14 19 #2,717
1973 — 7 7 #4,145
1972 — 15 15 #2,468
1971 — 21 21 #2,019
1970 5 26 31 #1,720
1969 9 21 30 #1,830
1968 — 15 15 #2,150
1967 — 9 9 #2,834
1966 — 15 15 #2,086
1965 — 10 10 #2,672
1964 — 7 7 #3,399
1963 — 10 10 #2,738
1962 — 11 11 #2,585
1961 — 9 9 #2,984
1960 — 8 8 #3,177
1959 — 13 13 #2,354
1958 — 18 18 #1,932
1957 — 10 10 #2,713
1956 — 12 12 #2,431
1955 — 7 7 #3,312
1954 — 13 13 #2,265
1953 — 12 12 #2,338
1952 — 17 17 #1,911
1951 — 15 15 #2,035
1950 — 14 14 #2,080
1949 — 14 14 #2,087
1948 — 22 22 #1,598
1947 — 11 11 #2,436
1946 — 9 9 #2,625
1945 — 7 7 #2,867
1944 — 11 11 #2,261
1943 — 17 17 #1,820
1942 — 8 8 #2,848
1941 — 15 15 #1,889
1940 — 7 7 #2,984
1939 — 11 11 #2,236
1938 — 12 12 #2,154
1937 — 11 11 #2,277
1936 — 6 6 #3,316
1935 — 6 6 #3,416
1934 — 13 13 #2,082
1933 — 9 9 #2,660
1932 — 11 11 #2,411
1931 — 10 10 #2,576
1930 — 10 10 #2,708
1929 — 9 9 #2,886
1928 — 9 9 #2,970
1926 — 6 6 #3,863
1925 — 8 8 #3,256
1923 — 10 10 #2,859
1922 — 10 10 #2,910
1920 — 7 7 #3,605
1919 — 5 5 #4,325
1918 — 11 11 #2,652
1917 — 9 9 #2,848
1915 — 6 6 #3,561
1914 — 6 6 #3,073
1913 — 9 9 #2,063
1912 — 6 6 #2,448