Barth

Last seen for boys in 1976 at #4,418

Peak · boys
1955 · 26 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
470
since 1916

Barth over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Barth has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201955peak #1,503, 1955boys
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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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1976#4,4187
1975#5,4645
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1972#4,9865
1971#4,3756
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1969#2,68211
1968#2,73510
1967#2,7609
1966#2,62710
1965#2,27013
1964#1,90018
1963#1,65923
1962#1,80520
1961#1,68623
1960#1,85819
1959#2,53011
1958#1,89618
1957#2,01916
1956#1,53226
1955#1,50326
1954#1,95616
1953#1,90017
1952#2,8758
1951#2,6629
1950#2,7708
1949#3,6905
1948#2,7888
1947#2,8628
1946#2,6908
1945#3,3385
1944#2,6338
1943#2,18212
1942#3,5605
1941#3,5055
1940#3,4595
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1938#2,8687
1937#2,9057
1936#2,8547
1935#2,9517
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1931#3,0957
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Barth! It came in at #3,516, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1917–1928, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Barth is popular in 1955

No state had 5 or more boys named Barth in 1955, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Barth
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1976
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1955 at #1,503 (26 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 4 yrs 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 79,227
  • Highest: 1 in 79,227 boys born in 1955 were named Barth (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 224,144 boys born in 1976 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 33.2% of all boys named Barth (156) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s11#3,516 (1916)#3,848
1920s16#3,559 (1929)#4,006
1930s40#2,854 (1936)#3,075
1940s69#2,182 (1943)#3,071
1950s155#1,503 (1955)#2,164
1960s156#1,659 (1963)#2,198
1970s23#4,375 (1971)#4,811

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.

Barth in 1955

boys
#1,503
26 births · 1 in 79,227 boys

Top boys' names in 1955

  1. #1Michael88,355
  2. #2David86,306
  3. #3James84,186
  4. #4Robert83,758
  5. #5John80,128
  6. #6William59,990
  7. #7Richard53,566
  8. #8Thomas45,855
  9. #9Mark42,255
  10. #10Steven37,847
  11. #1,503Barth26
More about 1955

boys

2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 79,227 of them was named Barth, which outranked 65.8% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barth
  1. #1,483Rande27
  2. #1,483Vann27
  3. #1,483Waverly27
  4. #1,503Barth26
  5. #1,503Augustin26
  6. #1,503Basilio26
  7. #1,503Blas26
  8. #1,538Adrain25
  9. #1,538Algie25
  10. #1,538Amador25

Tied with 34 names at #1,503; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1954
Risers
  1. ↑ 808Davy#1,333 → #525
  2. ↑ 326Wyatt#985 → #659
  3. ↑ 323Moises#1,311 → #988
  4. ↑ 296Tad#1,068 → #772
  5. ↑ 286Rhett#1,122 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 738Rahn#908 → #1,646
  2. ↓ 415Ricci#739 → #1,154
  3. ↓ 321Meredith#952 → #1,273
  4. ↓ 309Michial#985 → #1,294
  5. ↓ 282Arvin#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1955 →