Boys' name · since 1942
Bary
299 babies named Bary in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,583 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
299 boys have been named Bary since 1942, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Bary has 299 recorded births among boys since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 1982.
- #10,583 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 299 born since 1942
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bary ranks #10,583 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 299 born since 1942, peaking in the 1960s.
- #10,583 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 299
- born since 1942
- 1960s
- peak decade
Bary's 299 recorded births place it above 76.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Bary's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bary's SSA record in two at 1958 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1946, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1961 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bary popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–1982
- Peak year (1961)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Bary by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (100 births, 33% of the file).
1960s was Bary's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Bary births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
61 births
- 1950s
1950s
97 births
- 1960s
1960s
100 births
- 1970s 29
1970s
29 births
- 1980s 12
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 100 births (33% of all-time use).
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- Bary's decade-level peak was the 1960s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bary: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~40 yrs)
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, 1942–1982 (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 Bary 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.