Barnett — boys' name

What the Data Says About Barnett

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,279 babies named Barnett between 1880 and 2015, spanning 136 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barnett currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1923, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnett performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 232 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Barnett shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 173 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Barnett in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barnett 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 1,279 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.