Boys' name · since 1913
Barnes
Since 1913, U.S. Social Security records show 195 babies named Barnes, peaking in 2023. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,117 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,970 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 195
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
195 babies have been named Barnes since 1913, making it today's #8970 boys' name.
Barnes has 195 recorded births among boys since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8970 as of the latest data, more common than 36% 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 1913 to 2025.
- #13,117 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,970 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 195 born since 1913
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barnes ranks #13,117 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,970 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 195 born since 1913, peaking in the 2010s.
- #13,117 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,970 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 195
- born since 1913
- 2010s
- peak decade
Barnes's 195 recorded births place it above 71.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Barnes compares
195 37th percentile among 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
Barnes's all-time total is 47% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Barnes | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 195 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Barnes's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Barnes's full recorded timeline at 1952, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1913, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Barnes popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Barnes by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (45 births, 23% of the file).
2010s was Barnes's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Barnes births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1920s
1920s
39 births
- 1930s
1930s
18 births
- 1940s
1940s
21 births
- 1950s 11
1950s
11 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 45 births (23% of all-time use).
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- Barnes's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (45 total births) through the 2020s (38) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Barnes: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Barnes 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.