Barnie — boys' name

What the Data Says About Barnie

The Social Security Administration has registered 641 babies named Barnie between 1892 and 1972, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barnie currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barnie performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Barnie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Barnie in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barnie 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 641 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.