Barnard — boys' name

What the Data Says About Barnard

The Social Security Administration has registered 895 babies named Barnard between 1891 and 1998, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barnard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnard performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 178 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Barnard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Barnard in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barnard 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 895 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.