Barclay

Last seen for girls in 1976 at #9,284 · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to boys 97.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,559
1948 · 22 births
Debut · boys
1912
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
954
since 1912

Barclay over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Barclay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201912peak #1,559, 1948boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
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2021—#10,7996
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2018—#12,1565
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2016—#12,1855
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2011—#10,8086
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2009—#9,8647
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2005—#11,4725
2004—#11,3565
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2001—#10,5565
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1999—#8,7046
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1997—#6,6188
1996—#5,9829
1995—#7,7926
1994—#5,45210
1993—#5,7719
1992—#7,4226
1991—#5,5219
1990—#5,8238
1989—#6,2297
1988—#3,91512
1987—#4,23910
1986—#3,65312
1985—#2,82817
1984—#4,9737
1983—#3,23013
1982—#2,97215
1981—#3,60111
1980—#3,61511
1979—#3,35712
1978—#3,21512
1977—#3,38611
1976#9,2845#2,50817
1975—#3,07812
1974#8,7755#2,67414
1973—#4,0547
1972—#2,41815
1971—#1,98721
1970#7,9955#1,69926
1969#5,0579#1,81021
1968—#2,10915
1967—#2,7609
1966—#2,04315
1965—#2,61710
1964—#3,2827
1963—#2,67310
1962—#2,50411
1961—#2,9009
1960—#3,0778
1959—#2,29513
1958—#1,89618
1957—#2,63110
1956—#2,36112
1955—#3,2017
1954—#2,20713
1953—#2,28712
1952—#1,85617
1951—#1,97215
1950—#2,01914
1949—#2,02214
1948—#1,55922
1947—#2,35611
1946—#2,5349
1945—#2,7437
1944—#2,19511
1943—#1,76417
1942—#2,7128
1941—#1,82115
1940—#2,8717
1939—#2,15911
1938—#2,08412
1937—#2,19711
1936—#3,1476
1935—#3,2526
1934—#2,02213
1933—#2,5429
1932—#2,31311
1931—#2,47110
1930—#2,60910
1929—#2,7669
1928—#2,8439
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1926—#3,7086
1925—#3,1558
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1923—#2,77210
1922—#2,80110
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1920—#3,4897
1919—#4,1685
1918—#2,54311
1917—#2,7329
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1915—#3,3926
1914—#2,9156
1913—#1,9459
1912—#2,2696
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First appearance
1912

The first year at least five boys were named Barclay! It came in at #2,269, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Barclay
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
Rise & fade · boys
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1912
  • Peaked 1948 at #1,559 (22 births)
  • Births halved by 1955, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 56,952
  • Highest: 1 in 56,952 boys born in 1913 were named Barclay (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 291,580 boys born in 2021 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,559 in 1948, was only 1 in 79,755 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 15.4% of all boys named Barclay (147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s52#1,945 (1913)#2,852
1920s59#2,766 (1929)#3,076
1930s99#2,022 (1934)#2,480
1940s121#1,559 (1948)#2,258
1950s131#1,856 (1952)#2,273
1960s115#1,810 (1969)#2,578
1970s147#1,699 (1970)#2,838
1980s115#2,828 (1985)#3,926
1990s71#5,452 (1994)#6,565
2000s22#9,864 (2009)#10,812
2010s16#10,808 (2011)#11,716
2020s6#10,799 (2021)#10,799

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Barclay in 1912

boys
#2,269
6 births · 1 in 71,657 boys

Top boys' names in 1912

  1. #1John24,588
  2. #2William19,626
  3. #3James17,644
  4. #4Robert12,836
  5. #5Joseph12,062
  6. #6George11,734
  7. #7Charles11,070
  8. #8Edward7,936
  9. #9Frank7,912
  10. #10Thomas6,087
  11. #2,269Barclay6
More about 1912

boys

429,942 boys got a published name in 1912; 1 in 71,657 of them was named Barclay, which outranked 21.9% of the 2,905 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Barclay
  1. #2,045Wladyslaw7
  2. #2,045Zigmond7
  3. #2,045Zoltan7
  4. #2,269Barclay6
  5. #2,269Abie6
  6. #2,269Acy6
  7. #2,269Ada6
  8. #2,544Able5
  9. #2,544Abron5
  10. #2,544Acel5

Tied with 274 names at #2,269; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1911
Risers
  1. ↑ 864Arlo#1,740 → #876
  2. ↑ 848Guss#1,740 → #892
  3. ↑ 805Courtney#1,740 → #935
  4. ↑ 805Erling#1,740 → #935
  5. ↑ 805Masao#1,740 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,688Rosendo#856 → #2,544
  2. ↓ 1,063Metro#982 → #2,045
  3. ↓ 1,057Lawyer#689 → #1,746
  4. ↓ 903Hymen#982 → #1,885
  5. ↓ 903Mathias#982 → #1,885

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1912 →