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How popular is the name Barnaby?
Births per year, rank history and how many Barnabies are alive today.
Barnaby (male) sits just outside the top 100 boys' names in England and Wales, ranked 185th in 2025 with 273 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2014, when 285 babies were given the name, the 199th most popular that year. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 5,500 babies have been named Barnaby in England and Wales since 1996.
The Barnaby you are most likely to meet is around 12 years old. Half of all Barnabies born in England and Wales are between 8 and 23, and there are at least 6,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Barnaby.
How many babies are named Barnaby each year?
Where does Barnaby 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 Barnaby most popular?
Barnaby peaked in 2014, when 285 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Barnaby?
At least 6,300 people named Barnaby born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Barnaby?
Most living Barnabies are between 8 and 23; the most common age is about 12.
Is Barnaby becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.