Meaning not yet researched.
Barry: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 114 in 2025. Its best rank was #61 in 1962.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #61 in 1962; #1,520 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Barry in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,520 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1962, at #61.
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Barry: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 114 boys in 2025. Peak: #61 in 1962 · most boys in one year: 6,585 (1962).
In 2025, 114 US boys were named Barry, making it the 1,520th most common boys’ name of the year, down 107 places from #1,413 in 2024. That is 17 fewer than the 131 boys named Barry in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #61, reached in 1962. That year also had the most boys given the name: 6,585. For comparison, it was #1,267 in 2015 and #74 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Barry in 134 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 5 babies. In all, 182,036 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 55,008 babies named Barry.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,334 US boys were named Barry; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 170. In 2025 that was about 1 in 14,983 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Barry ranked highest in Ohio in 2025, at #1,126 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Barrie (3,045 babies since 1880) and Bari (1,964 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Barri and Bary are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in Dutch and English. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Barri (551), Bary (299).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Barry in the open dataset we use.
Barry is listed as a nickname for Barrett.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 45 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 6 | #1,126 | #1,089 |
| California | 15 | #1,251 | #1,378 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,293 | #767 |
| Florida | 6 | #1,653 | #1,391 |
| Texas | 9 | #1,776 | #2,146 |
| New York | 5 | #1,794 | #958 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 114 | #1,520 |
| 2024 | — | — | 131 | #1,413 |
| 2023 | — | — | 104 | #1,650 |
| 2022 | — | — | 124 | #1,459 |
| 2021 | — | — | 121 | #1,479 |
| 2020 | — | — | 135 | #1,325 |
| 2019 | — | — | 144 | #1,287 |
| 2018 | — | — | 155 | #1,207 |
| 2017 | — | — | 136 | #1,323 |
| 2016 | — | — | 170 | #1,136 |
| 2015 | — | — | 142 | #1,267 |
| 2014 | — | — | 124 | #1,376 |
| 2013 | — | — | 103 | #1,540 |
| 2012 | — | — | 113 | #1,458 |
| 2011 | — | — | 119 | #1,396 |
| 2010 | — | — | 120 | #1,390 |
| 2009 | — | — | 149 | #1,210 |
| 2008 | — | — | 157 | #1,154 |
| 2007 | — | — | 159 | #1,130 |
| 2006 | — | — | 169 | #1,058 |
| 2005 | — | — | 157 | #1,053 |
| 2004 | — | — | 175 | #958 |
| 2003 | — | — | 199 | #867 |
| 2002 | — | — | 193 | #859 |
| 2001 | — | — | 210 | #799 |
| 2000 | — | — | 263 | #677 |
| 1999 | — | — | 267 | #647 |
| 1998 | — | — | 301 | #610 |
| 1997 | — | — | 316 | #583 |
| 1996 | — | — | 340 | #550 |
| 1995 | — | — | 353 | #540 |
| 1994 | — | — | 409 | #497 |
| 1993 | — | — | 484 | #451 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,513 | 474 | #458 |
| 1991 | — | — | 587 | #385 |
| 1990 | 5 | #13,195 | 693 | #348 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,586 | 700 | #332 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,496 | 733 | #309 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,379 | 791 | #277 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,614 | 852 | #261 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,015 | 966 | #240 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,232 | 962 | #232 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,488 | 993 | #225 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,543 | 1,183 | #208 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,569 | 1,346 | #186 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,264 | 1,396 | #175 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,453 | 1,401 | #170 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,957 | 1,499 | #162 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,925 | 1,458 | #164 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,363 | 1,421 | #165 |
| 1975 | — | — | 1,481 | #164 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,310 | 1,563 | #156 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,379 | 1,515 | #159 |
| 1972 | 15 | #3,909 | 1,752 | #148 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,323 | 2,359 | #133 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,052 | 2,797 | #117 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,630 | 3,060 | #99 |
| 1968 | 12 | #4,010 | 2,854 | #107 |
| 1967 | 18 | #2,971 | 3,208 | #96 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,360 | 3,916 | #87 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,062 | 4,324 | #86 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,253 | 5,368 | #69 |
| 1963 | 32 | #2,094 | 5,953 | #67 |
| 1962 | 26 | #2,362 | 6,585 | #61 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,066 | 6,220 | #66 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,313 | 5,733 | #72 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,346 | 5,601 | #73 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,672 | 5,326 | #79 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,279 | 5,790 | #72 |
| 1956 | 21 | #2,456 | 5,988 | #69 |
| 1955 | 19 | #2,554 | 5,599 | #70 |
| 1954 | 19 | #2,522 | 5,844 | #68 |
| 1953 | 13 | #3,122 | 5,182 | #73 |
| 1952 | 24 | #2,074 | 5,504 | #69 |
| 1951 | 18 | #2,397 | 5,284 | #71 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,665 | 4,694 | #74 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,525 | 4,607 | #73 |
| 1948 | 8 | #3,912 | 4,670 | #74 |
| 1947 | 21 | #2,152 | 5,472 | #68 |
| 1946 | 17 | #2,323 | 4,624 | #68 |
| 1945 | 14 | #2,345 | 3,138 | #84 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,153 | 2,979 | #84 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,839 | 3,193 | #82 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,422 | 3,209 | #79 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,545 | 2,465 | #91 |
| 1940 | 7 | #3,531 | 1,835 | #109 |
| 1939 | — | — | 1,376 | #127 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,749 | 1,042 | #155 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,304 | 726 | #182 |
| 1936 | — | — | 706 | #185 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,451 | 729 | #183 |
| 1934 | — | — | 523 | #226 |
| 1933 | — | — | 490 | #235 |
| 1932 | — | — | 513 | #235 |
| 1931 | 5 | #4,389 | 299 | #315 |
| 1930 | — | — | 240 | #370 |
| 1929 | — | — | 147 | #483 |
| 1928 | — | — | 141 | #508 |
| 1927 | — | — | 98 | #639 |
| 1926 | — | — | 78 | #722 |
| 1925 | — | — | 69 | #794 |
| 1924 | — | — | 52 | #980 |
| 1923 | — | — | 54 | #931 |
| 1922 | — | — | 36 | #1,198 |
| 1921 | — | — | 38 | #1,161 |
| 1920 | — | — | 28 | #1,387 |
| 1919 | — | — | 32 | #1,249 |
| 1918 | — | — | 41 | #1,064 |
| 1917 | — | — | 28 | #1,294 |
| 1916 | — | — | 19 | #1,648 |
| 1915 | — | — | 34 | #1,103 |
| 1914 | — | — | 33 | #968 |
| 1913 | — | — | 14 | #1,445 |
| 1912 | — | — | 20 | #1,027 |
| 1911 | — | — | 8 | #1,297 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #786 |
| 1909 | — | — | 13 | #807 |
| 1908 | — | — | 6 | #1,231 |
| 1907 | — | — | 7 | #1,106 |
| 1906 | — | — | 11 | #759 |
| 1905 | — | — | 5 | #1,247 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,221 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #787 |
| 1901 | — | — | 6 | #960 |
| 1900 | — | — | 10 | #839 |
| 1899 | — | — | 8 | #790 |
| 1898 | — | — | 6 | #1,015 |
| 1893 | — | — | 9 | #707 |
| 1892 | — | — | 7 | #869 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #706 |
| 1889 | — | — | 7 | #798 |
| 1885 | — | — | 8 | #703 |
| 1884 | — | — | 8 | #707 |
| 1883 | — | — | 5 | #903 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).