Barry — #1416 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Barry

The Social Security Administration has registered 181,155 babies named Barry between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Barry currently holds the #1416 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 6,584 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Barry performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 54,812 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Barry shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 20,278 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Barry in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Barry 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 181,155 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.