Barrie

Where Barrie comes from

The dictionaries list Barrie as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1930
    First appearance
    #4,047 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1944
    Barrie M. Osborne born
    American film producer
  3. 1960
    Barrie Mabbott born
    New Zealand rower
  4. 1961
    Peak, #1,002
    117 babies named Barrie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,500.
  6. 2022
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Barrie M. Osborne · American film producer, born 1944
  • Barrie Mabbott · New Zealand rower, born 1960
  • Barrie Ingham · English actor, 1932–2015
  • Barrie Chase · American actress and dancer, born 1933
  • Barrie McKay · Scottish association football player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.