Barkley
#9,275 most common boys' name of all time · #23,446 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1920–2025
Rank among boys
#9,275
Rank overall
#23,446 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
323
Since 2016
12
Peak year
1994 #3,795
Best rank
#2,126 1951
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Barkley first appears in 1920. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,829 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,958 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,806 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,845 |
| 2000 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,344 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,466 |
| 1995 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,088 |
| 1994 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,795 |
| 1993 | 5 | 11 | 16 | #5,093 |
| 1988 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,354 |
| 1987 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,618 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,332 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,561 |
| 1982 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,829 |
| 1980 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,632 |
| 1979 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,001 |
| 1972 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,476 |
| 1971 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,191 |
| 1970 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,394 |
| 1967 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,241 |
| 1961 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,036 |
| 1960 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,244 |
| 1959 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,964 |
| 1958 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,812 |
| 1955 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,706 |
| 1954 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1953 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,081 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,077 |
| 1951 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,126 |
| 1950 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,256 |
| 1949 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,601 |
| 1948 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,761 |
| 1945 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,694 |
| 1944 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1943 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,935 |
| 1941 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,856 |
| 1939 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,862 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,479 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,138 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,653 |
| 1927 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,654 |
| 1924 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,830 |
| 1920 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,224 |