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How popular is the name Barclay?
Births per year, rank history and how many Barclays are alive today.
Barclay (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2021 (ranked 4789th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 2014, when 16 babies were given the name, the 1486th most popular that year.
The Barclay you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Barclays born in England and Wales are between 9 and 21, and there are at least 130 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Barclay - on average, only one in every 2,331 such rooms contains a Barclay.
How many babies are named Barclay each year?
Where does Barclay rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Barclay most popular?
Barclay peaked in 2014, when 16 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Barclay?
At least 130 people named Barclay born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Barclay?
Most living Barclays are between 9 and 21; the most common age is about 11.
Is Barclay becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.