Barnabas — #4583 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Barnabas

The Social Security Administration has registered 575 babies named Barnabas between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barnabas currently holds the #4583 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnabas performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Barnabas shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Barnabas in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barnabas 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 575 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.