Boys' name · since 1979
Barbaro
Barbaro has 15 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,206 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Barbaro is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 15 have been recorded since 1979.
Barbaro has 15 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1986.
- #31,206 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 15 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barbaro ranks #31,206 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #31,206 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 15
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Barbaro's 15 recorded births place it above 30.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Barbaro's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Barbaro splits its recorded history at 1983: 67% of all births land in the more recent half, 33% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births).
Barbaro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1986
- Peak year (1979)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
Barbaro by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1980s was Barbaro's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Barbaro births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Barbaro: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1979)
Similar record span (~7 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Barbaro draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.