Barnett
Last seen for girls in 1924 at #4,434 · Last seen for boys in 2015 at #12,086
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,279since 1880
Barnett over time
Rank among boys' names. Barnett has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | #12,086 | 5 | |
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | #12,136 | 5 | |
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #12,491 | 5 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
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| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #7,178 | 6 | |
| 1989 | — | #7,905 | 5 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #5,459 | 7 | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | — | ||
| 1984 | — | #6,315 | 5 | |
| 1983 | — | #5,484 | 6 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,282 | 13 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | — | #4,495 | 8 | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | #4,418 | 7 | |
| 1975 | — | #4,309 | 7 | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | #4,505 | 6 | |
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1970 | — | #2,891 | 11 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,682 | 11 | |
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | #3,231 | 7 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,465 | 11 | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | #2,205 | 14 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,300 | 13 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,186 | 14 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,242 | 14 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,858 | 19 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,265 | 13 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,751 | 21 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,821 | 19 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,845 | 18 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,762 | 19 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,099 | 14 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,665 | 21 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,904 | 16 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,615 | 21 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,702 | 19 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,487 | 24 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,440 | 24 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,772 | 15 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,235 | 29 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,334 | 27 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,903 | 14 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,368 | 24 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,795 | 15 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,613 | 18 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,688 | 17 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,639 | 17 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,757 | 16 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,121 | 12 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,829 | 15 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,843 | 16 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,079 | 14 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,523 | 23 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,162 | 14 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,796 | 19 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,661 | 21 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | #2,641 | 11 |
| 1923 | — | #1,194 | 36 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,367 | 29 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,412 | 28 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,348 | 29 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,811 | 18 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,596 | 22 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,132 | 35 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,157 | 32 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,600 | 19 | |
| 1914 | — | #933 | 35 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,173 | 19 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,137 | 17 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,190 | 9 | |
| 1910 | — | #1,118 | 9 | |
| 1909 | — | #1,440 | 5 | |
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | #1,345 | 5 | |
| 1906 | — | #1,111 | 6 | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | #1,009 | 6 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
| 1899 | — | #714 | 9 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | #942 | 6 | |
| 1896 | — | #1,101 | 5 | |
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | #1,074 | 5 | |
| 1893 | — | — | ||
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| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Barnett was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1896, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Barnett is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#366 · 1 in 7,085
Best ever in a state: #278 in New York, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #366 | 12 | 1 in 7,085 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Barnett
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2015
- Biggest jump: 288 spots in 1899 (#1,002 → #714)
- Biggest drop: 667 spots in 1915 (#933 → #1,600)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #714 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1880–1914
- Highest: 1 in 11,801 boys born in 1899 were named Barnett (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 383,349 boys born in 2015 (0.00%)
- 18.1% of all boys named Barnett (232) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #909 (1880) | #909 |
| 1890s | 31 | #714 (1899) | #967 |
| 1900s | 27 | #1,009 (1903) | #1,243 |
| 1910s | 215 | #933 (1914) | #1,285 |
| 1920s | 232 | #1,194 (1923) | #1,673 |
| 1930s | 163 | #1,465 (1932) | #1,783 |
| 1940s | 210 | #1,235 (1944) | #1,586 |
| 1950s | 172 | #1,615 (1950) | #1,939 |
| 1960s | 103 | #1,858 (1960) | #2,396 |
| 1970s | 44 | #2,891 (1970) | #4,240 |
| 1980s | 51 | #3,282 (1982) | #5,414 |
| 1990s | 11 | #7,178 (1990) | #7,707 |
| 2000s | 5 | #12,491 (2009) | #12,491 |
| 2010s | 10 | #12,086 (2015) | #12,111 |
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.
Barnett in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 26,442 of them was named Barnett, which outranked 75.4% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,113Newman36
- #1,113Rolla36
- #1,113Talmage36
- #1,132Barnett35
- #1,132Armin35
- #1,132Beecher35
- #1,132Chesley35
- #1,152Damon34
- #1,152Edsel34
- #1,152Ezell34
Tied with 19 names at #1,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.