Boys' name · since 1960
Barren
Barren has 95 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,742 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,363 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1960
- 2020s
- peak decade
Barren currently ranks #8363 among boys' names in America, with 95 babies recorded since 1960.
Social Security Administration records show Barren recorded 95 times among boys since 1960, holding rank #8363 nationally today, ahead of 40% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #17,742 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,363 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 95 born since 1960
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Barren ranks #17,742 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,363 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 95 born since 1960, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,742 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,363 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 95
- born since 1960
- 2020s
- peak decade
Barren's 95 recorded births place it above 60.87% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Barren compares
95 25th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Barren's all-time total is 74% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Barren | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 95 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 34 | 22,252 |
Barren's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Barren splits its recorded history at 2016: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2021 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Barren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Barren by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (37 births, 39% of the file).
2020s was Barren's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Barren births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
25 births
- 2020s
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 37 births (39% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Barren draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.