Barnaby — #10018 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Barnaby

The Social Security Administration has registered 375 babies named Barnaby between 1953 and 2024, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barnaby currently holds the #10018 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 19 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnaby performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 123 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Barnaby shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Barnaby in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barnaby 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 375 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.