Barry
Last seen for girls in 1992 at #13,317 · #1,520 for boys in 2025, 114 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 6,585 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 28 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 181,270since 1883
Barry over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | — | #1,520 | 114 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,413 | 131 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,650 | 104 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,457 | 124 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,479 | 121 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,325 | 135 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,287 | 144 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,207 | 155 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,321 | 136 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,134 | 170 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,266 | 142 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,375 | 124 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,540 | 103 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,458 | 113 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,395 | 119 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,390 | 120 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,209 | 149 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,154 | 157 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,129 | 159 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,058 | 169 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,053 | 157 | |
| 2004 | — | #957 | 175 | |
| 2003 | — | #867 | 199 | |
| 2002 | — | #859 | 193 | |
| 2001 | — | #799 | 210 | |
| 2000 | — | #677 | 263 | |
| 1999 | — | #646 | 267 | |
| 1998 | — | #610 | 301 | |
| 1997 | — | #583 | 316 | |
| 1996 | — | #550 | 340 | |
| 1995 | — | #540 | 353 | |
| 1994 | — | #497 | 409 | |
| 1993 | — | #451 | 484 | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | #458 | 474 |
| 1991 | — | #385 | 587 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #348 | 693 |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #332 | 700 |
| 1988 | #10,386 | 6 | #309 | 733 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #277 | 791 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #261 | 852 |
| 1985 | #6,955 | 9 | #240 | 966 |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #232 | 962 |
| 1983 | #5,457 | 12 | #225 | 993 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | #208 | 1,183 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #186 | 1,346 |
| 1980 | #5,245 | 13 | #175 | 1,396 |
| 1979 | #5,427 | 12 | #170 | 1,401 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 | #162 | 1,499 |
| 1977 | #5,888 | 10 | #164 | 1,458 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #165 | 1,421 |
| 1975 | — | #164 | 1,481 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #156 | 1,563 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 | #159 | 1,515 |
| 1972 | #3,894 | 15 | #148 | 1,752 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #133 | 2,359 |
| 1970 | #4,038 | 14 | #117 | 2,797 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 | #99 | 3,060 |
| 1968 | #4,000 | 12 | #107 | 2,854 |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | #96 | 3,208 |
| 1966 | #2,357 | 26 | #87 | 3,916 |
| 1965 | #3,050 | 17 | #86 | 4,324 |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | #69 | 5,368 |
| 1963 | #2,094 | 32 | #67 | 5,953 |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | #61 | 6,585 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #66 | 6,220 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | #72 | 5,733 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 | #73 | 5,601 |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #79 | 5,326 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #72 | 5,790 |
| 1956 | #2,453 | 21 | #69 | 5,988 |
| 1955 | #2,553 | 19 | #70 | 5,599 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | #68 | 5,844 |
| 1953 | #3,106 | 13 | #73 | 5,182 |
| 1952 | #2,074 | 24 | #69 | 5,504 |
| 1951 | #2,391 | 18 | #71 | 5,284 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #74 | 4,694 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | #73 | 4,607 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #74 | 4,670 |
| 1947 | #2,146 | 21 | #68 | 5,472 |
| 1946 | #2,318 | 17 | #68 | 4,624 |
| 1945 | #2,339 | 14 | #84 | 3,138 |
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | #84 | 2,979 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 | #82 | 3,193 |
| 1942 | #2,416 | 14 | #79 | 3,209 |
| 1941 | #2,532 | 12 | #91 | 2,465 |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #109 | 1,835 |
| 1939 | — | #127 | 1,376 | |
| 1938 | #2,730 | 10 | #155 | 1,042 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #182 | 726 |
| 1936 | — | #185 | 706 | |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #183 | 729 |
| 1934 | — | #226 | 523 | |
| 1933 | — | #235 | 490 | |
| 1932 | — | #235 | 513 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #315 | 299 |
| 1930 | — | #370 | 240 | |
| 1929 | — | #483 | 147 | |
| 1928 | — | #508 | 141 | |
| 1927 | — | #638 | 98 | |
| 1926 | — | #722 | 78 | |
| 1925 | — | #793 | 69 | |
| 1924 | — | #980 | 52 | |
| 1923 | — | #930 | 54 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,196 | 36 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,159 | 38 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,382 | 28 | |
| 1919 | — | #1,247 | 32 | |
| 1918 | — | #1,062 | 41 | |
| 1917 | — | #1,291 | 28 | |
| 1916 | — | #1,646 | 19 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,100 | 34 | |
| 1914 | — | #967 | 33 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,441 | 14 | |
| 1912 | — | #1,023 | 20 | |
| 1911 | — | #1,290 | 8 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #804 | 13 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,217 | 6 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,094 | 7 | |
| 1906 | — | #752 | 11 | |
| 1905 | — | #1,233 | 5 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
| 1903 | — | #783 | 9 | |
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | #943 | 6 | |
| 1900 | — | #836 | 10 | |
| 1899 | — | #786 | 8 | |
| 1898 | — | #1,002 | 6 | |
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #705 | 9 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #789 | 7 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1884 | — | #701 | 8 | |
| 1883 | — | #892 | 5 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Barry! It came in at #892, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1886–1888, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Barry is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#93 · 1 in 522
- West Virginia#102 · 1 in 604
- Delaware#103 · 1 in 530
- Virginia#106 · 1 in 616
- Pennsylvania#106 · 1 in 692
Best ever in a state: #24 in Pennsylvania, 1946.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #93 | 72 | 1 in 522 |
| West Virginia | #102 | 23 | 1 in 604 |
| Delaware | #103 | 7 | 1 in 530 |
| Pennsylvania | #106 | 110 | 1 in 692 |
| Virginia | #106 | 54 | 1 in 616 |
| Rhode Island | #107 | 7 | 1 in 757 |
| Kentucky | #115 | 38 | 1 in 741 |
| Alabama | #118 | 43 | 1 in 628 |
| Maryland | #118 | 33 | 1 in 687 |
| Iowa | #128 | 23 | 1 in 964 |
| Maine | #128 | 8 | 1 in 894 |
| Tennessee | #128 | 43 | 1 in 764 |
| Louisiana | #129 | 56 | 1 in 623 |
| Nebraska | #130 | 14 | 1 in 854 |
| Wyoming | #131 | 5 | 1 in 713 |
| Massachusetts | #133 | 30 | 1 in 1,130 |
| Minnesota | #138 | 28 | 1 in 1,112 |
| North Dakota | #139 | 6 | 1 in 920 |
| Arkansas | #140 | 20 | 1 in 797 |
| South Dakota | #142 | 6 | 1 in 886 |
| Wisconsin | #142 | 28 | 1 in 1,233 |
| Missouri | #148 | 35 | 1 in 1,050 |
| Mississippi | #151 | 25 | 1 in 757 |
| South Carolina | #152 | 26 | 1 in 810 |
| Georgia | #154 | 46 | 1 in 854 |
| Oklahoma | #154 | 21 | 1 in 1,016 |
| New Jersey | #156 | 39 | 1 in 1,088 |
| Florida | #159 | 62 | 1 in 883 |
| Indiana | #162 | 30 | 1 in 1,369 |
| Oregon | #167 | 16 | 1 in 1,210 |
| District of Columbia | #172 | 9 | 1 in 877 |
| Connecticut | #174 | 13 | 1 in 1,331 |
| Ohio | #175 | 55 | 1 in 1,462 |
| Illinois | #203 | 59 | 1 in 1,419 |
| Kansas | #207 | 11 | 1 in 1,530 |
| Michigan | #207 | 37 | 1 in 1,812 |
| Washington | #219 | 16 | 1 in 1,852 |
| Utah | #225 | 10 | 1 in 1,901 |
| Colorado | #252 | 10 | 1 in 2,177 |
| New York | #270 | 52 | 1 in 2,135 |
| Texas | #279 | 68 | 1 in 1,813 |
| Arizona | #309 | 9 | 1 in 2,325 |
| California | #316 | 72 | 1 in 2,496 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
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 Barry
- 107 spots since 2024 (#1,413 → #1,520)
- 195 spots since 2020 (#1,325 → #1,520)
- 254 spots since 2015 (#1,266 → #1,520)
- Biggest jump: 481 spots in 1906 (#1,233 → #752)
- Biggest drop: 508 spots in 1911 (#782 → #1,290)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1962 at #61 (6,585 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 28 yrs · run 1941–1967
- Top 1,000: 97 yrs · run 1923–2004
- Highest: 1 in 314 boys born in 1962 were named Barry (0.32%)
- Latest: 1 in 14,983 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 30.2% of all boys named Barry (54,812) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 28 | #700 (1885) | #771 |
| 1890s | 38 | #700 (1891) | #811 |
| 1900s | 72 | #752 (1906) | #985 |
| 1910s | 244 | #782 (1910) | #1,185 |
| 1920s | 741 | #483 (1929) | #879 |
| 1930s | 6,644 | #127 (1939) | #221 |
| 1940s | 36,192 | #68 (1947) | #81 |
| 1950s | 54,812 | #68 (1954) | #72 |
| 1960s | 47,221 | #61 (1962) | #81 |
| 1970s | 17,246 | #117 (1970) | #154 |
| 1980s | 9,922 | #175 (1980) | #245 |
| 1990s | 4,224 | #348 (1990) | #507 |
| 2000s | 1,831 | #677 (2000) | #976 |
| 2010s | 1,326 | #1,134 (2016) | #1,337 |
| 2020s | 729 | #1,325 (2020) | #1,474 |
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.
Barry in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 133,772 of them was named Barry, which outranked 54.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,092Wendee13
- #5,092Wyndi13
- #5,092Zaira13
- #5,427Barry12
- #5,427Abagail12
- #5,427Abigayle12
- #5,427Adora12
- #5,751Aaren11
- #5,751Addy11
- #5,751Aeisha11
Tied with 323 names at #5,427; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,229 of them was named Barry, which outranked 97.6% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.