Barnetta — girls' name
52 babies named Barnetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Barnetta was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Barnetta in 1955 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Barnetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 52 babies named Barnetta between 1922 and 1970, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Barnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1970. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnetta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Barnetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Barnetta 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 52 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.
Barnetta at a glance
Last recorded 1970Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Barnetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1922
- Peak year (1955)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1970.
52 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1955 with 10 births in a single year.
Barnetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 25 births that decade — 48% of Barnetta's all-time total
Barnetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Barnetta's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1922–1970 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.