Barry
#204 most common boys' name of all time · #429 across all names · >99% boys / <1% girls · used 1883–2025
Rank among boys
#204
Rank overall
#429 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
134 of 146
All-time
182,036
Since 2016
1,334
Peak year
1962 #61
Best rank
#61 1962
Girls
Boys
peak 6,611/yr
Barry first appears in 1883. 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 | — | 114 | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | — | 131 | 131 | #1,413 |
| 2023 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,653 |
| 2022 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,458 |
| 2021 | — | 121 | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | — | 135 | 135 | #1,326 |
| 2019 | — | 144 | 144 | #1,288 |
| 2018 | — | 155 | 155 | #1,208 |
| 2017 | — | 136 | 136 | #1,322 |
| 2016 | — | 170 | 170 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | — | 142 | 142 | #1,268 |
| 2014 | — | 124 | 124 | #1,376 |
| 2013 | — | 103 | 103 | #1,542 |
| 2012 | — | 113 | 113 | #1,458 |
| 2011 | — | 119 | 119 | #1,395 |
| 2010 | — | 120 | 120 | #1,390 |
| 2009 | — | 149 | 149 | #1,210 |
| 2008 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,155 |
| 2007 | — | 159 | 159 | #1,131 |
| 2006 | — | 169 | 169 | #1,061 |
| 2005 | — | 157 | 157 | #1,056 |
| 2004 | — | 175 | 175 | #959 |
| 2003 | — | 199 | 199 | #868 |
| 2002 | — | 193 | 193 | #860 |
| 2001 | — | 210 | 210 | #800 |
| 2000 | — | 263 | 263 | #678 |
| 1999 | — | 267 | 267 | #646 |
| 1998 | — | 301 | 301 | #610 |
| 1997 | — | 316 | 316 | #583 |
| 1996 | — | 340 | 340 | #550 |
| 1995 | — | 353 | 353 | #541 |
| 1994 | — | 409 | 409 | #497 |
| 1993 | — | 484 | 484 | #452 |
| 1992 | 5 | 474 | 479 | #459 |
| 1991 | — | 587 | 587 | #385 |
| 1990 | 5 | 693 | 698 | #348 |
| 1989 | 5 | 700 | 705 | #332 |
| 1988 | 6 | 733 | 739 | #309 |
| 1987 | 11 | 791 | 802 | #277 |
| 1986 | 7 | 852 | 859 | #261 |
| 1985 | 9 | 966 | 975 | #240 |
| 1984 | 7 | 962 | 969 | #232 |
| 1983 | 12 | 993 | 1,005 | #225 |
| 1982 | 8 | 1,183 | 1,191 | #208 |
| 1981 | 5 | 1,346 | 1,351 | #186 |
| 1980 | 13 | 1,396 | 1,409 | #176 |
| 1979 | 12 | 1,401 | 1,413 | #170 |
| 1978 | 13 | 1,499 | 1,512 | #162 |
| 1977 | 10 | 1,458 | 1,468 | #164 |
| 1976 | 7 | 1,421 | 1,428 | #165 |
| 1975 | — | 1,481 | 1,481 | #164 |
| 1974 | 8 | 1,563 | 1,571 | #156 |
| 1973 | 13 | 1,515 | 1,528 | #159 |
| 1972 | 15 | 1,752 | 1,767 | #148 |
| 1971 | 13 | 2,359 | 2,372 | #133 |
| 1970 | 14 | 2,797 | 2,811 | #117 |
| 1969 | 15 | 3,060 | 3,075 | #99 |
| 1968 | 12 | 2,854 | 2,866 | #107 |
| 1967 | 18 | 3,208 | 3,226 | #96 |
| 1966 | 26 | 3,916 | 3,942 | #87 |
| 1965 | 17 | 4,324 | 4,341 | #86 |
| 1964 | 16 | 5,368 | 5,384 | #69 |
| 1963 | 32 | 5,953 | 5,985 | #67 |
| 1962 | 26 | 6,585 | 6,611 | #61 |
| 1961 | 17 | 6,220 | 6,237 | #66 |
| 1960 | 26 | 5,733 | 5,759 | #72 |
| 1959 | 24 | 5,601 | 5,625 | #73 |
| 1958 | 19 | 5,326 | 5,345 | #79 |
| 1957 | 24 | 5,790 | 5,814 | #72 |
| 1956 | 21 | 5,988 | 6,009 | #69 |
| 1955 | 19 | 5,599 | 5,618 | #70 |
| 1954 | 19 | 5,844 | 5,863 | #68 |
| 1953 | 13 | 5,182 | 5,195 | #73 |
| 1952 | 24 | 5,504 | 5,528 | #69 |
| 1951 | 18 | 5,284 | 5,302 | #71 |
| 1950 | 15 | 4,694 | 4,709 | #74 |
| 1949 | 16 | 4,607 | 4,623 | #73 |
| 1948 | 8 | 4,670 | 4,678 | #74 |
| 1947 | 21 | 5,472 | 5,493 | #68 |
| 1946 | 17 | 4,624 | 4,641 | #68 |
| 1945 | 14 | 3,138 | 3,152 | #84 |
| 1944 | 9 | 2,979 | 2,988 | #84 |
| 1943 | 22 | 3,193 | 3,215 | #82 |
| 1942 | 14 | 3,209 | 3,223 | #79 |
| 1941 | 12 | 2,465 | 2,477 | #91 |
| 1940 | 7 | 1,835 | 1,842 | #109 |
| 1939 | — | 1,376 | 1,376 | #127 |
| 1938 | 10 | 1,042 | 1,052 | #155 |
| 1937 | 5 | 726 | 731 | #182 |
| 1936 | — | 706 | 706 | #186 |
| 1935 | 7 | 729 | 736 | #183 |
| 1934 | — | 523 | 523 | #226 |
| 1933 | — | 490 | 490 | #235 |
| 1932 | — | 513 | 513 | #235 |
| 1931 | 5 | 299 | 304 | #315 |
| 1930 | — | 240 | 240 | #371 |
| 1929 | — | 147 | 147 | #485 |
| 1928 | — | 141 | 141 | #511 |
| 1927 | — | 98 | 98 | #641 |
| 1926 | — | 78 | 78 | #724 |
| 1925 | — | 69 | 69 | #797 |
| 1924 | — | 52 | 52 | #981 |
| 1923 | — | 54 | 54 | #936 |
| 1922 | — | 36 | 36 | #1,203 |
| 1921 | — | 38 | 38 | #1,169 |
| 1920 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,394 |
| 1919 | — | 32 | 32 | #1,256 |
| 1918 | — | 41 | 41 | #1,070 |
| 1917 | — | 28 | 28 | #1,303 |
| 1916 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,661 |
| 1915 | — | 34 | 34 | #1,110 |
| 1914 | — | 33 | 33 | #979 |
| 1913 | — | 14 | 14 | #1,463 |
| 1912 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,049 |
| 1911 | — | 8 | 8 | #1,324 |
| 1910 | — | 15 | 15 | #813 |
| 1909 | — | 13 | 13 | #830 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,288 |
| 1907 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,149 |
| 1906 | — | 11 | 11 | #790 |
| 1905 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,315 |
| 1904 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,300 |
| 1903 | — | 9 | 9 | #832 |
| 1901 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,019 |
| 1900 | — | 10 | 10 | #888 |
| 1899 | — | 8 | 8 | #845 |
| 1898 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,078 |
| 1893 | — | 9 | 9 | #760 |
| 1892 | — | 7 | 7 | #943 |
| 1891 | — | 8 | 8 | #761 |
| 1889 | — | 7 | 7 | #858 |
| 1885 | — | 8 | 8 | #760 |
| 1884 | — | 8 | 8 | #758 |
| 1883 | — | 5 | 5 | #989 |