Barbaro — boys' name
15 babies named Barbaro in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
67% of everyone ever named Barbaro was born in this single decade.
5 babies were named Barbaro in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Barbaro
The Social Security Administration has registered 15 babies named Barbaro between 1979 and 1986, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barbaro currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 5 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Barbaro performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Barbaro shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Barbaro 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 15 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.
Barbaro at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Barbaro popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1979
- Peak year (1979)
- 5
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
15 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 5 births in a single year.
Barbaro by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 10 births that decade — 67% of Barbaro's all-time total
Barbaro decade highlights
- Peak decade 10 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Barbaro's strongest decade
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–1986 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.