Barrie
Last seen for girls in 2002 at #13,595 · Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330
Given to girls 56.1% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1961 · 117 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,708since 1930
Barrie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | — | ||
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| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,430 | 11 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,531 | 12 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #7,691 | 9 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #5,613 | 13 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,188 | 14 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #4,860 | 15 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,613 | 22 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #4,476 | 16 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,167 | 18 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,344 | 17 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,626 | 15 | #3,168 | 13 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #4,425 | 15 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #4,854 | 12 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #3,313 | 20 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #2,203 | 36 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #1,835 | 45 | #2,130 | 16 |
| 1968 | #1,940 | 38 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #1,430 | 59 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #1,500 | 55 | #1,987 | 16 |
| 1964 | #1,372 | 67 | #1,900 | 18 |
| 1963 | #1,319 | 70 | #1,485 | 28 |
| 1962 | #1,234 | 79 | #1,479 | 28 |
| 1961 | #1,002 | 117 | #1,467 | 30 |
| 1960 | #1,029 | 109 | #1,658 | 24 |
| 1959 | #1,174 | 82 | #1,709 | 22 |
| 1958 | #2,755 | 18 | #1,677 | 22 |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #3,493 | 12 | #1,945 | 17 |
| 1955 | #2,472 | 20 | #1,611 | 23 |
| 1954 | #2,519 | 19 | #1,466 | 27 |
| 1953 | #2,363 | 20 | #1,357 | 31 |
| 1952 | #2,581 | 17 | #1,461 | 27 |
| 1951 | #2,116 | 22 | #1,407 | 28 |
| 1950 | #2,535 | 16 | #1,538 | 23 |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | #1,275 | 32 |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #1,296 | 31 |
| 1947 | #1,576 | 36 | #984 | 52 |
| 1946 | #1,617 | 30 | #878 | 56 |
| 1945 | #1,279 | 39 | #1,122 | 34 |
| 1944 | #1,545 | 28 | #1,255 | 28 |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 | #969 | 48 |
| 1942 | #1,137 | 48 | #859 | 58 |
| 1941 | #1,696 | 22 | #987 | 42 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 | #939 | 46 |
| 1939 | #2,038 | 16 | #976 | 42 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #1,247 | 28 |
| 1937 | #2,196 | 14 | #1,403 | 23 |
| 1936 | #2,521 | 11 | #1,205 | 30 |
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | #1,273 | 28 |
| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | #1,386 | 24 |
| 1933 | — | #1,644 | 18 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,922 | 15 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,643 | 19 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #2,178 | 13 |
| 1929 | — | #1,848 | 17 | |
| 1928 | — | #3,076 | 8 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #2,904 | 9 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,822 | 10 | |
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| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Barrie! It came in at #4,047, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1931–1934, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Barrie
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2002
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 1961 at #1,002 (117 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 4 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 17,252 girls born in 1961 were named Barrie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 299,480 girls born in 2002 (0.00%)
- 39.6% of all girls named Barrie (676) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 2021, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 68 | #2,038 (1939) | #3,066 |
| 1940s | 314 | #1,137 (1942) | #1,587 |
| 1950s | 233 | #1,174 (1959) | #2,693 |
| 1960s | 676 | #1,002 (1961) | #1,458 |
| 1970s | 193 | #2,203 (1970) | #3,740 |
| 1980s | 153 | #3,613 (1984) | #5,081 |
| 1990s | 59 | #7,303 (1990) | #9,506 |
| 2000s | 12 | #13,521 (2001) | #13,558 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Barrie in 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
Top boys' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 94,581 of them was named Barrie, which outranked 48.1% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,386Vona12
- #2,386Wesley12
- #2,386Zelpha12
- #2,521Barrie11
- #2,521Alethea11
- #2,521Alla11
- #2,521Allen11
- #2,689Adah10
- #2,689Adline10
- #2,689Adria10
Tied with 167 names at #2,521; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,037,205 boys got a published name in 1936; 1 in 34,574 of them was named Barrie, which outranked 70.2% of the 4,037 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,182Therman31
- #1,182Urban31
- #1,182Welton31
- #1,205Barrie30
- #1,205Alonza30
- #1,205Arlon30
- #1,205Blake30
- #1,225Almon29
- #1,225Benson29
- #1,225Caleb29
Tied with 19 names at #1,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.