Barnes — boys' name

What the Data Says About Barnes

The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Barnes between 1913 and 2023, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barnes currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnes performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 45 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Barnes shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barnes 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 187 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.