Bakary — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bakary

The Social Security Administration has registered 137 babies named Bakary between 2000 and 2023, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bakary currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2010, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bakary performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bakary shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bakary in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bakary in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 137 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.