Barnabas
#6,526 most common boys' name of all time · #16,331 across all names · 100% boys / 0% girls · used 1920–2025
Rank among boys
#6,526
Rank overall
#16,331 of 105,966
First appeared
1920
Years on the list
61 of 146
All-time
605
Since 2016
185
Peak year
2025 #3,678
Best rank
#2,968 1969
Girls
Boys
peak 30/yr
Barnabas 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 | — | 30 | 30 | #3,678 |
| 2024 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,599 |
| 2023 | — | 19 | 19 | #5,105 |
| 2022 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,526 |
| 2021 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2020 | — | 22 | 22 | #4,442 |
| 2019 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,371 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,254 |
| 2017 | — | 24 | 24 | #4,249 |
| 2016 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,419 |
| 2015 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,787 |
| 2014 | — | 14 | 14 | #6,044 |
| 2013 | — | 18 | 18 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,967 |
| 2011 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,171 |
| 2010 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,242 |
| 2009 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,789 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,421 |
| 2007 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,943 |
| 2006 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,090 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,196 |
| 2003 | — | 8 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 2002 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,163 |
| 2000 | — | 10 | 10 | #6,412 |
| 1998 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,925 |
| 1997 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,737 |
| 1996 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,285 |
| 1995 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,138 |
| 1994 | — | 11 | 11 | #5,187 |
| 1993 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,955 |
| 1992 | — | 9 | 9 | #5,762 |
| 1991 | — | 11 | 11 | #4,858 |
| 1990 | — | 10 | 10 | #5,095 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,786 |
| 1988 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,869 |
| 1987 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,700 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,226 |
| 1985 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,335 |
| 1984 | — | 8 | 8 | #4,677 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,064 |
| 1982 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,187 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,251 |
| 1979 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,571 |
| 1978 | — | 10 | 10 | #3,700 |
| 1977 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,759 |
| 1976 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,162 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,550 |
| 1972 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,665 |
| 1971 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,606 |
| 1970 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,013 |
| 1969 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,968 |
| 1968 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,903 |
| 1967 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,415 |
| 1966 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,756 |
| 1964 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,335 |
| 1959 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,333 |
| 1953 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,160 |
| 1952 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,083 |
| 1950 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,009 |
| 1936 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,841 |