Barnell — boys' name

What the Data Says About Barnell

The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Barnell between 1918 and 1984, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barnell currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1956, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Barnell is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 6 additional births since 1936.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnell performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Barnell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barnell 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 97 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.