Barre — boys' name

What the Data Says About Barre

The Social Security Administration has registered 75 babies named Barre between 1940 and 1961, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barre currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1961. The name reached its historical peak in 1955, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barre performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Barre shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Barre in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barre 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 75 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.