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
- Peak · boys
- 1948 · 22 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 954since 1912
Barclay over time
Rank among boys' names. Barclay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | #10,799 | 6 | |
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | #12,156 | 5 | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | #12,185 | 5 | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | #10,808 | 6 | |
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | #9,864 | 7 | |
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | #11,356 | 5 | |
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | — | #10,556 | 5 | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | #8,704 | 6 | |
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | #6,618 | 8 | |
| 1996 | — | #5,982 | 9 | |
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #5,452 | 10 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,771 | 9 | |
| 1992 | — | #7,422 | 6 | |
| 1991 | — | #5,521 | 9 | |
| 1990 | — | #5,823 | 8 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,229 | 7 | |
| 1988 | — | #3,915 | 12 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,239 | 10 | |
| 1986 | — | #3,653 | 12 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,828 | 17 | |
| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
| 1983 | — | #3,230 | 13 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,972 | 15 | |
| 1981 | — | #3,601 | 11 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
| 1979 | — | #3,357 | 12 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,215 | 12 | |
| 1977 | — | #3,386 | 11 | |
| 1976 | #9,284 | 5 | #2,508 | 17 |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,674 | 14 |
| 1973 | — | #4,054 | 7 | |
| 1972 | — | #2,418 | 15 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,987 | 21 | |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #1,699 | 26 |
| 1969 | #5,057 | 9 | #1,810 | 21 |
| 1968 | — | #2,109 | 15 | |
| 1967 | — | #2,760 | 9 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,043 | 15 | |
| 1965 | — | #2,617 | 10 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,282 | 7 | |
| 1963 | — | #2,673 | 10 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,504 | 11 | |
| 1961 | — | #2,900 | 9 | |
| 1960 | — | #3,077 | 8 | |
| 1959 | — | #2,295 | 13 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,896 | 18 | |
| 1957 | — | #2,631 | 10 | |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #3,201 | 7 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,287 | 12 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,856 | 17 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,972 | 15 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,019 | 14 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,559 | 22 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,356 | 11 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,534 | 9 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,195 | 11 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,764 | 17 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,712 | 8 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,821 | 15 | |
| 1940 | — | #2,871 | 7 | |
| 1939 | — | #2,159 | 11 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,084 | 12 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,197 | 11 | |
| 1936 | — | #3,147 | 6 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | #2,022 | 13 | |
| 1933 | — | #2,542 | 9 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,313 | 11 | |
| 1931 | — | #2,471 | 10 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,609 | 10 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,766 | 9 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,155 | 8 | |
| 1924 | — | — | ||
| 1923 | — | #2,772 | 10 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,801 | 10 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,489 | 7 | |
| 1919 | — | #4,168 | 5 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,543 | 11 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,732 | 9 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #3,392 | 6 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,915 | 6 | |
| 1913 | — | #1,945 | 9 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,269 | 6 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1948 at #1,559 (22 births)
- Births halved by 1955, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- 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
- 15.4% of all boys named Barclay (147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 52 | #1,945 (1913) | #2,852 |
| 1920s | 59 | #2,766 (1929) | #3,076 |
| 1930s | 99 | #2,022 (1934) | #2,480 |
| 1940s | 121 | #1,559 (1948) | #2,258 |
| 1950s | 131 | #1,856 (1952) | #2,273 |
| 1960s | 115 | #1,810 (1969) | #2,578 |
| 1970s | 147 | #1,699 (1970) | #2,838 |
| 1980s | 115 | #2,828 (1985) | #3,926 |
| 1990s | 71 | #5,452 (1994) | #6,565 |
| 2000s | 22 | #9,864 (2009) | #10,812 |
| 2010s | 16 | #10,808 (2011) | #11,716 |
| 2020s | 6 | #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 1948
Top boys' names in 1948
More about 1948
boys
1,754,618 boys got a published name in 1948; 1 in 79,755 of them was named Barclay, which outranked 62.9% of the 4,199 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,519Terrel23
- #1,519Trenton23
- #1,519Verlyn23
- #1,559Barclay22
- #1,559Arch22
- #1,559Ardell22
- #1,559Arvel22
- #1,611Aldo21
- #1,611Alvino21
- #1,611Annie21
Tied with 51 names at #1,559; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.