Barrie
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #13,595 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 56.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 117 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,708since 1930
Barrie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
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| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #1,500 | 55 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,319 | 70 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,002 | 117 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,029 | 109 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | #1,174 | 82 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #1,357 | 31 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | #984 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #1,279 | 39 | #1,122 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 | #1,255 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 | #969 | 48 |
| 1942 | #1,137 | 48 | #859 | 58 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #987 | 42 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #939 | 46 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #976 | 42 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,205 | 30 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | — | #1,644 | 18 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Barrie! It came in at #4,047, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Barrie is popular in 1940
No state had 5 or more girls named Barrie in 1940, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Barrie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1961 at #1,002 (117 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,252 girls born in 1961 were named Barrie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 299,480 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 39.6% of all girls named Barrie (676) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 68 | #2,038 (1939) | #3,066 |
| 1940s | 314 | #1,137 (1942) | #1,587 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,174 (1959) | #2,693 |
| 1960s | 676 | #1,002 (1961) | #1,458 |
| 1970s | 193 | #2,203 (1970) | #3,740 |
| 1980s | 153 | #3,613 (1984) | #5,081 |
| 1990s | 59 | #7,303 (1990) | #9,506 |
| 2000s | 12 | #13,521 (2001) | #13,558 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Barrie in 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 71,471 of them was named Barrie, which outranked 59.6% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,965Vashti17
- #1,965Verlean17
- #1,965Walda17
- #2,029Barrie16
- #2,029Alean16
- #2,029Aleen16
- #2,029Alita16
- #2,109Angelia15
- #2,109Annabella15
- #2,109Annella15
Tied with 79 names at #2,029; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 25,199 of them was named Barrie, which outranked 76.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).