How Many People Are Named Barnabas?
people named Barnabas are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 600,676 people in the US has this name
Based on 605 babies named Barnabas in Social Security records from 1920 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
30 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Greek form of an Aramaic name. In Acts in the New Testament the byname Barnabas was given to a man named Joseph, a Jew from Cyprus who was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys. The original Aramaic form is unattested, but it may be from בּר נביא (bar naviya') meaning "son of the prophet", though in Acts 4:36 it is claimed that the name means "son of encouragement". As an English name, it came into occasional use after the 12th century.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Barnabas in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Barnabas alive today is about 24 years old, and 62% are under 30. Half of them were between 7 and 38 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Barnabas first appears in the records in 1920, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 30 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1920 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Barnabas has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,881, in 1969. In 2025 it ranked #3,668.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,668 |
| Best rank | #2,881 (1969) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,218 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Barnabas alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Barnabas were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.
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