Barrington — #8389 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Barrington

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,269 babies named Barrington between 1928 and 2024, spanning 97 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barrington currently holds the #8389 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barrington performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 290 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Barrington shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 193 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Barrington in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barrington 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 1,269 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.