Barnard
Last seen for boys in 1998 at #8,479
- Peak · boys
- 1891 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 895since 1891
Barnard over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Barnard has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
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| 2014 | — | |
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| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | #5,926 | 6 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,842 | 7 |
| 1978 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | — | |
| 1973 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,739 | 12 |
| 1969 | #2,217 | 15 |
| 1968 | #1,836 | 19 |
| 1967 | #1,906 | 17 |
| 1966 | #1,814 | 18 |
| 1965 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #1,850 | 19 |
| 1963 | #1,585 | 25 |
| 1962 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | #1,948 | 18 |
| 1960 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1958 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #2,628 | 10 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #2,495 | 10 |
| 1950 | — | |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,218 | 12 |
| 1947 | #2,498 | 10 |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
| 1943 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #2,207 | 11 |
| 1940 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,629 | 8 |
| 1935 | #3,645 | 5 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,079 | 14 |
| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #1,959 | 17 |
| 1926 | #1,605 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,583 | 23 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #2,020 | 16 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #1,904 | 18 |
| 1920 | #3,208 | 8 |
| 1919 | #1,695 | 20 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,423 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,152 | 13 |
| 1915 | #1,600 | 19 |
| 1914 | #1,608 | 15 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #2,269 | 6 |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,253 | 5 |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
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| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1891
The first year at least five boys were named Barnard! It came in at #963, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1891–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1891
- Peaked 1891 at #963 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1892, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 20,238
- Highest: 1 in 20,238 boys born in 1891 were named Barnard (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 318,561 boys born in 1998 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 19.9% of all boys named Barnard (178) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #963 (1891) | #963 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,253 (1906) | #1,253 |
| 1910s | 108 | #1,580 (1913) | #1,966 |
| 1920s | 151 | #1,583 (1925) | #2,258 |
| 1930s | 95 | #2,050 (1939) | #2,558 |
| 1940s | 103 | #2,009 (1945) | #2,384 |
| 1950s | 109 | #2,038 (1953) | #2,350 |
| 1960s | 178 | #1,585 (1963) | #1,940 |
| 1970s | 79 | #2,739 (1970) | #3,492 |
| 1980s | 38 | #4,495 (1980) | #5,886 |
| 1990s | 24 | #6,968 (1994) | #7,801 |
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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