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How popular is the name Barnie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Barnies are alive today.
Barnie (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Barney in England and Wales, ranked 3684th in 2025 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2021, when 9 babies were given the name, the 2301st most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Barney you are most likely to meet is around 5 years old. Half of all Barneys born in England and Wales are between 5 and 19, and there are at least 2,800 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 Barney - on average, only one in every 109 such rooms contains a Barney.
How many babies are named Barnie each year?
Includes all spellings: Barnie, Barney. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Barnie spelling rank?
Where does the Barney spelling rank?
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 Barnie most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Barney, peaked in 2021, when 204 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Barnie spelling itself peaked in 2021, with 9 babies.
How many people are called Barnie?
At least 2,800 people named Barnie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Barnie?
Most living Barnies are between 5 and 19; the most common age is about 5.
Is Barnie becoming more or less popular?
Declining: numbers have been falling in recent years.