Barney
#915 most common boys' name of all time · #2,106 across all names · 99% boys / 1% girls · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#915
Rank overall
#2,106 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
134 of 146
All-time
16,181
Since 2016
29
Peak year
1919 #320
Best rank
#202 1887
Girls
Boys
peak 304/yr
Barney is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,022 |
| 2024 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,901 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,042 |
| 2019 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,158 |
| 2016 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,674 |
| 2015 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,656 |
| 2014 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,128 |
| 2013 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,780 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,933 |
| 2006 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,677 |
| 2004 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,963 |
| 2002 | — | 7 | 7 | #8,469 |
| 2001 | — | 5 | 5 | #10,568 |
| 1999 | — | 7 | 7 | #7,885 |
| 1998 | — | 12 | 12 | #5,163 |
| 1997 | — | 13 | 13 | #4,671 |
| 1996 | — | 8 | 8 | #6,501 |
| 1995 | — | 12 | 12 | #4,801 |
| 1994 | — | 17 | 17 | #3,754 |
| 1993 | — | 21 | 21 | #3,143 |
| 1992 | — | 25 | 25 | #2,751 |
| 1991 | — | 28 | 28 | #2,469 |
| 1990 | — | 30 | 30 | #2,309 |
| 1989 | — | 23 | 23 | #2,696 |
| 1988 | — | 45 | 45 | #1,593 |
| 1987 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,898 |
| 1986 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,664 |
| 1985 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,570 |
| 1984 | — | 43 | 43 | #1,458 |
| 1983 | — | 47 | 47 | #1,361 |
| 1982 | — | 49 | 49 | #1,343 |
| 1981 | — | 53 | 53 | #1,260 |
| 1980 | — | 58 | 58 | #1,205 |
| 1979 | — | 60 | 60 | #1,169 |
| 1978 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,109 |
| 1977 | — | 68 | 68 | #1,047 |
| 1976 | — | 77 | 77 | #948 |
| 1975 | — | 62 | 62 | #1,053 |
| 1974 | — | 77 | 77 | #923 |
| 1973 | — | 74 | 74 | #936 |
| 1972 | — | 90 | 90 | #846 |
| 1971 | — | 100 | 100 | #803 |
| 1970 | — | 85 | 85 | #875 |
| 1969 | — | 97 | 97 | #783 |
| 1968 | — | 96 | 96 | #757 |
| 1967 | — | 98 | 98 | #742 |
| 1966 | — | 121 | 121 | #675 |
| 1965 | — | 133 | 133 | #646 |
| 1964 | — | 185 | 185 | #581 |
| 1963 | 5 | 167 | 172 | #607 |
| 1962 | — | 211 | 211 | #548 |
| 1961 | — | 223 | 223 | #530 |
| 1960 | 5 | 267 | 272 | #485 |
| 1959 | — | 241 | 241 | #507 |
| 1958 | — | 262 | 262 | #483 |
| 1957 | 6 | 271 | 277 | #470 |
| 1956 | — | 260 | 260 | #468 |
| 1955 | — | 275 | 275 | #448 |
| 1954 | 6 | 259 | 265 | #449 |
| 1953 | — | 297 | 297 | #402 |
| 1952 | — | 283 | 283 | #409 |
| 1951 | — | 260 | 260 | #420 |
| 1950 | — | 264 | 264 | #415 |
| 1949 | — | 219 | 219 | #450 |
| 1948 | — | 255 | 255 | #419 |
| 1947 | 6 | 267 | 273 | #418 |
| 1946 | — | 225 | 225 | #423 |
| 1945 | 6 | 211 | 217 | #413 |
| 1944 | 5 | 220 | 225 | #405 |
| 1943 | — | 220 | 220 | #418 |
| 1942 | — | 179 | 179 | #464 |
| 1941 | — | 178 | 178 | #435 |
| 1940 | — | 194 | 194 | #416 |
| 1939 | 5 | 188 | 193 | #417 |
| 1938 | — | 183 | 183 | #421 |
| 1937 | — | 209 | 209 | #383 |
| 1936 | — | 206 | 206 | #383 |
| 1935 | — | 184 | 184 | #402 |
| 1934 | — | 200 | 200 | #386 |
| 1933 | — | 180 | 180 | #400 |
| 1932 | — | 164 | 164 | #440 |
| 1931 | — | 181 | 181 | #418 |
| 1930 | — | 216 | 216 | #390 |
| 1929 | — | 205 | 205 | #407 |
| 1928 | — | 208 | 208 | #415 |
| 1927 | 7 | 193 | 200 | #438 |
| 1926 | 5 | 214 | 219 | #411 |
| 1925 | 8 | 230 | 238 | #396 |
| 1924 | — | 275 | 275 | #360 |
| 1923 | 8 | 260 | 268 | #368 |
| 1922 | — | 263 | 263 | #371 |
| 1921 | 7 | 289 | 296 | #353 |
| 1920 | 5 | 263 | 268 | #370 |
| 1919 | — | 304 | 304 | #320 |
| 1918 | — | 299 | 299 | #331 |
| 1917 | — | 298 | 298 | #308 |
| 1916 | 7 | 265 | 272 | #324 |
| 1915 | — | 276 | 276 | #306 |
| 1914 | — | 241 | 241 | #288 |
| 1913 | — | 185 | 185 | #291 |
| 1912 | — | 159 | 159 | #285 |
| 1911 | — | 99 | 99 | #261 |
| 1910 | — | 71 | 71 | #293 |
| 1909 | — | 62 | 62 | #287 |
| 1908 | — | 58 | 58 | #285 |
| 1907 | — | 64 | 64 | #263 |
| 1906 | — | 71 | 71 | #233 |
| 1905 | — | 70 | 70 | #234 |
| 1904 | — | 53 | 53 | #261 |
| 1903 | — | 50 | 50 | #260 |
| 1902 | — | 50 | 50 | #263 |
| 1901 | — | 34 | 34 | #305 |
| 1900 | — | 83 | 83 | #217 |
| 1899 | — | 50 | 50 | #237 |
| 1898 | — | 73 | 73 | #205 |
| 1897 | — | 58 | 58 | #228 |
| 1896 | — | 58 | 58 | #238 |
| 1895 | — | 55 | 55 | #239 |
| 1894 | — | 52 | 52 | #239 |
| 1893 | — | 63 | 63 | #217 |
| 1892 | — | 70 | 70 | #209 |
| 1891 | — | 49 | 49 | #232 |
| 1890 | — | 44 | 44 | #256 |
| 1889 | — | 54 | 54 | #222 |
| 1888 | — | 69 | 69 | #213 |
| 1887 | — | 58 | 58 | #202 |
| 1886 | — | 65 | 65 | #205 |
| 1885 | — | 43 | 43 | #255 |
| 1884 | — | 62 | 62 | #211 |
| 1883 | — | 48 | 48 | #227 |
| 1882 | — | 52 | 52 | #230 |
| 1881 | — | 40 | 40 | #249 |
| 1880 | — | 44 | 44 | #249 |