Boys' name · since 1920
Barnabas
Barnabas has 605 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #7,033 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,678 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 605
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Barnabas currently ranks #3678 among boys' names in America, with 605 babies recorded since 1920.
Barnabas has 605 recorded births among boys since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3678 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #7,033 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,678 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 605 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barnabas ranks #7,033 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,678 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 605 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #7,033 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,678 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 605
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Barnabas's 605 recorded births place it above 84.51% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Barnabas compares
605 Top 40% higher than 60% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Barnabas's all-time total is 64% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Barnabas | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 605 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 30 | 34 | 22,252 |
Barnabas's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Barnabas's SSA record in two at 1992 and the more recent half accounts for 64% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 36%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 30, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Barnabas popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Barnabas by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (136 births, 22% of the file).
2010s was Barnabas's strongest decade.
136 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 22% of all-time use.
Barnabas births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s 34
1960s
34 births
- 1970s
1970s
57 births
- 1980s
1980s
74 births
- 1990s
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
72 births
- 2010s
2010s
136 births
- 2020s
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 136 births (22% of all-time use).
How Barnabas compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Barnabas's total volume
Barnabas by state
Where Barnabas concentrates geographically, total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 605 births nationwide.
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What to do with Barnabas's data
- Barnabas's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (136 total births) through the 2020s (122) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Barnabass (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Barnabas: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Barnabas 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.