Barnie

Boy · recorded 1892–1972

  • 1972last recorded
  • 1900best year

Most popular in 1900.

Last recorded in 1972. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1892

0306018921912193219521972

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 62 recorded years as a table
Barnie, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
189241
189345
189452
189551
189642
189744
189849
190060
190645
190832
190937
191026
191131
191216
191325
191417
191524
191616
191716
191820
191920
192018
192118
192216
192316
192418
192513
192615
192720
192818
192913
193011
193112
193215
19338
19347
19357
193614
19375
19387
19396
19404
19418
19426
19435
194411
19458
19466
19476
19484
19493
19506
19516
19526
19533
19552
19582
19593
19602
19622
19644
19724

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Barnie isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1972
6
Rank in 1972
#4,441
How rare
1 in 270,268 boys
Since 1892
641

Barnie was last recorded in 1972. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1900, at 60 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Barnie doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.