Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Barney

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Barney
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.7% from peak

Peak era

1919

Peak rank proxy

304

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19192024

Peak year

1919

Decline from peak

97.7%

2024

All-time

16,085

Barney once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1919, when 304 boys were named Barney.

In 2024, only 7 boys were given the name.

Down 97.7% from its peak.

All told, about 16,085 Americans have been named Barney and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.7% from peak

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