How Many People Are Named Barney?
people named Barney are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 59,575 people in the US has this name
Based on 16,181 babies named Barney in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
304 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of BARNABAS, BERNARD or BARNABY.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Barney, 0.6% were girls and 99.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Barney alive today is about 65 years old, and 71% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 75 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Barney first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1919, to 304 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Barney has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #202, in 1887. In 2025 it ranked #12,270.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #12,270 |
| Best rank | #202 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #452 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Barney alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Barney were born in California than in any other state: about 539 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Barney was given 2.8 times as often in Georgia, 2.7 times in Florida and 2.6 times in South Carolina.
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