How Many People Are Named Barry?
people named Barry are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 2,692 people in the US has this name
Based on 182,036 babies named Barry in Social Security records from 1883 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
6,611 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Anglicized form of BAIRRE. It is also sometimes used as an Anglicized form of BERACH.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Barry in English. Counting Barry and these spellings together, about 129,021 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Barry (99.5%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Barry alive today is about 61 years old, and 65% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 55 and 71 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Barry first appears in the records in 1883 and was given most often in 1962, to 6,611 babies. In 2025, 114 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1883 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Barry never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #61, in 1962, and it was in the top 100 in 28 years between 1941 and 1969. In 2025 it ranked #1,520.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,520 |
| Best rank | #61 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | 28 (1941 to 1969) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #72 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Barry alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Barry were born in Pennsylvania than in any other state: about 12,871 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Barry was given 1.9 times as often in Pennsylvania, 1.6 times in Virginia and 1.5 times in Kentucky.
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