Barkley

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Peak · boys
#2,055
1951 · 14 births
Debut · boys
1920
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
318
since 1920

Barkley over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Barkley has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #2,055, 1951boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#10,6956
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2021—#10,7996
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2013—#9,6557
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2006—#10,6626
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2000—#8,2097
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1997—#9,2655
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1995—#8,8685
1994—#3,75117
1993#13,4425#5,00211
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1988—#5,2008
1987—#5,4597
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1985—#5,1477
1984—#6,3155
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1982—#5,6196
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1980—#4,4958
1979—#4,8427
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1972—#3,3449
1971—#4,9075
1970—#3,2829
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1967—#3,9665
1966—#3,9485
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1961—#2,9009
1960—#3,0778
1959—#2,8219
1958—#3,5596
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1955—#2,55810
1954—#2,59210
1953—#2,9058
1952—#3,7345
1951—#2,05514
1950—#3,0217
1949—#3,2986
1948—#2,6089
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1945—#3,3385
1944—#3,4305
1943—#3,5385
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1939—#3,4805
1938—#3,1756
1937—#2,9057
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1928—#3,3577
1927—#4,2105
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First appearance
1920

The first year at least five boys were named Barkley! It came in at #3,815, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1921–1923, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Barkley is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Barkley in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Barkley
Momentum · boys
Brand new
    Rise & fade · boys
    31 yrs to peak
    • Debuted 1920
    • Peaked 1951 at #2,055 (14 births)
    • Births halved by 1952, 1 yr later
    Top of the charts · boys
    Never in the top 1,000
    • Top 10: never
    • Top 100: never
    • Top 1,000: never
    Share of babies · boys
    1 in 113,649
    • Highest: 1 in 113,649 boys born in 1994 were named Barkley (0.00%)
    • Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
    • Its best rank, #2,055 in 1951, was only 1 in 134,488 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
    Era · boys
    The 1950s
    • 21.7% of all boys named Barkley (69) were born in this decade
    Show by decade
    DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
    1920s25#3,357 (1928)#3,722
    1930s18#2,905 (1937)#3,187
    1940s38#2,608 (1948)#3,145
    1950s69#2,055 (1951)#2,906
    1960s27#2,900 (1961)#3,473
    1970s30#3,282 (1970)#4,094
    1980s41#4,495 (1980)#5,373
    1990s38#3,751 (1994)#6,722
    2000s13#8,209 (2000)#9,436
    2010s7#9,655 (2013)#9,655
    2020s12#10,695 (2025)#10,747

    All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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