EveryBabyNames

Barry

4 countries#1520 in United States, 2025
US
#1520
in United States, 2025
SCOT
6,095
total births, Scotland
NI
184
total births, Northern Ireland
FR
131
total births, France
Total births recorded
188,446
Peak year (United States)
1962
Peak-year count
6,611
First recorded
1883

Popularity across 4 countries

Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Barry was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020
United StatesScotlandNorthern IrelandFrance

Country by country

United States

182,036 births recorded 1883–2025 · currently #1520 · peaked in 1962 with 6,611 births

Most common in: Pennsylvania, New York, California, Illinois, Texas

Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data

Scotland

6,095 births recorded 1974–2022 · peaked in 1979 with 502 births

Source: National Records of Scotland, official birth-registration data

Northern Ireland

184 births recorded 1997–2022 · peaked in 1997 with 30 births

Source: NISRA, official birth-registration data

France

131 births recorded 1953–2021 · peaked in 2018 with 10 births

Most common in: Paris

Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data

United States rank history

Barry’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.

YearRankvs. prior yr
2006#1058
2007#1129↓71
2008#1154↓25
2009#1209↓55
2010#1390↓181
2011#1395↓5
2012#1458↓63
2013#1540↓82
2014#1375↑165
2015#1266↑109
2016#1134↑132
2017#1321↓187
2018#1207↑114
2019#1287↓80
2020#1325↓38
2021#1479↓154
2022#1457↑22
2023#1650↓193
2024#1413↑237
2025#1520↓107

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