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.

Barren

#15,885 most common boys' name of all time · #41,321 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1960–2025

Rank among boys
#15,885
Rank overall
#41,321 of 105,966
First appeared
1960
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
95
Since 2016
57
Peak year
2021 #8,301
Best rank
#3,306 1963
Girls Boys peak 9/yr
1960198020002020

Barren first appears in 1960. 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
2025 — 9 9 #8,378
2023 — 6 6 #11,064
2022 — 5 5 #12,635
2021 — 9 9 #8,301
2020 — 8 8 #8,887
2018 — 7 7 #9,864
2017 — 6 6 #11,057
2016 — 7 7 #9,868
2013 — 5 5 #12,455
1971 — 5 5 #5,375
1968 — 5 5 #4,602
1967 — 5 5 #4,425
1964 — 5 5 #4,524
1963 — 8 8 #3,306
1960 — 5 5 #4,548